New exhibition on Yuan Dynasty palace opens in Beijing
People attend The Glory Within Authenticity—Essential Cultural Relics and Digital Art Exhibition of Yongle Palace at the ...
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The Mongol Dynasty
In 1271 Kublai Khan named his dynasty Yuan which means "origin of the universe." The Yuan dynasty in China lasted from 1279 to 1368. Kublai Khan followed a tentative policy of Sinicization, that is, ...
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Imperial Tombs of the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368)
An outstanding strategist and statesman, he was known as Emperor Tai Zu, founding emperor of the Yuan Dynasty. The period from the late 12th to the early 13th centuries saw strengthened economic ...
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Researchers make brandy in replica of disgraced emperor’s 2,000-year-old tomb distillery
Although famous medical texts like the 16th century Ming Dynasty’s Bencao Gangmu originally cited the Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368 CE) as the earliest evidence of Chinese alcoholic distillation ...
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The Buddhist Bell of the Yuan Dynasty
The Buddhist Bell of the Yuan Dynasty (1279- 1368) is 2.12 meters in height, 1.3 meters in rim diameter and 2,048 kilograrns in weight. Cast with bronze alloy, it contains 71 percent of copper ...
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Asia's Undersea Archeology
Seaborne commerce on a large scale in Asia dates to the Song Dynasty of China (A.D. 960-1270). The Mongols in the succeeding Yuan Dynasty (ca. 1271-1368) went on to build even more ships on a ...
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Society for Song, Yuan, and Conquest Dynasty Studies
The Society for Song, Yuan, and Conquest Dynasty Studies is an international society committed to the encouragement of the study of Chinese—as well as Jürchen, Khitan, Tangut, and Mongol—history, ...