Yuan dynasty
Mongol-led imperial dynasty of China (1271–1368)
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Summary
Yuan dynasty is a nomadic confederacy[1]. It ranks in the top 9% of nomadic confederacy entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (23,578 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Continent: Asia[3]
- Instance of: khanate[4], historical Chinese state[5], conquest dynasty[6], culture[7], style[8], historical period[9], sovereign state[10], historical country[11]
- Capital: Khanbaliq[12]
- Currency: cash[13], Chao[14]
- Basic form of government: absolute monarchy[15]
- Contains the administrative territorial entity: Fuli[16], 雲南等処行中書省[17], Henan Jiangbei province[18], Gansu[19], Huguang[20], Jiangxi province (Yuan dynasty)[21], Jiangzhe Province[22], Sichuan[23], Shaanxi[24], Shaanxi and Sichuan[25], Manchuria under Yuan rule[26], Q11050019[27], Branch Secretariat for Eastern Campaigns[28], 交趾行省[29]
- Followed by: Ming dynasty[30]
- Part of: Mongol Empire[31], Liao Song Xia Jin Yuan[32], Yuan Ming Qing[33], Late Imperial China[34]
- Commons category: Yuan Dynasty[35]
- Inception: January 1, 1271[36]
- Dissolved, abolished or demolished date: January 1, 1368[37]
- Topic's main category: Category:Yuan dynasty[38]
- Population: 90,000,000[39], 83,873,000[40]
- Described by source: Yuzhakov Big Encyclopedia[41], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[42]
- Replaces: Song dynasty[43], Southern Song dynasty[44]
- Replaced by: Ming dynasty[45], Northern Yuan dynasty[46]
- Topic has template: Template:Yuan dynasty topics[47]
- Official name: ᠳᠠᠢ ᠦᠨ ᠶᠡᠬᠡ ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠣᠯ ᠤᠯᠤᠰ[48], 大元[49]
- Different from: imperial house of the Yuan Empire[50]
- Area: 11,000,000 km²[51], 13,720,000 km²[52]
- History of topic: history of the Yuan Dynasty[53]
- Language used: Chinese[54], Mongolian[55]
- Permanent duplicated item: Q22828769[56]
- Official religion: Tibetan Buddhism[57], Confucianism[58], Taoism[59], Tengrism[60], Church of the East in China[61], Chinese folk religion[62], Islam[63], Catholicism[64]
Why It Matters
Yuan dynasty has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[65] It is known by 70 alternative names across languages and contexts.[66]