Huaxia Youyou has five thousand years of history and has gone through dozens of dynasties. Only three dynasties can compete in the largest territory. One is Tang Dynasty , one is Qing Dynasty, and the other is Yuan Dynasty. Tang Gaozong's period was the period with the largest land area in the Tang Dynasty. The vast territory controlled during this period was 12.37 million square kilometers. At the same time, the culture of the Tang Dynasty was extremely prosperous. Although the Qing Dynasty brought humiliation in the last years, it also created brilliance, with the largest land area of 13.16 million square kilometers.
So what is the largest Yuan Dynasty ? Looking at it now, which countries are included? For a long time, in people's impression, the kingdom of Genghis Khan is equal to the kingdom of Kublai Khan, that is, the Great Mongolia is equal to the Yuan Dynasty. Then the boundaries of the two should also be the same, very large, but in fact this is a misunderstanding. The Yuan Dynasty originated from Greater Mongolia, but it is not equal to Greater Mongolia . Its territory is far from Mongolia.
To talk about the territory of the Yuan Dynasty, one must first talk about its former Mongol Empire, which was a regime established by the Mongolian Qiyan Ministry Temujin in the 13th century. Peer Zhijin Temujin, also known as Genghis Khan, was born in a chaotic era. At that time, the five clans looked at each other, trying to swallow each other, and launched a fierce fight. Temujin took advantage of the trend, organized a powerful army to fight everywhere, and unified Mongolia.
But obviously he was not willing to control only one Mongolia. After the establishment of the Great Mongolia, it continued to expand outward. In 1218, Xiliao was wiped out. In 1219, Huarazim was driven to the Volga River Basin. In 1227, Xixia was wiped out. However, Temujin died of illness during the journey, dragging thunder to elect wokuotai to succeed,Continue to fight. Goryeo was conquered in 1231, Dongjin was destroyed in 1233, and Jin Kingdom was destroyed in 1234. Occupied Moscow in 1237, and four years later invaded Poland, Hungary , and defeated the Allied Forces of the Holy Roman Empire.
The blade was pointed at Vienna, but at this time, Wokutai died. Then Guiyou and Meng Ge appeared one after another. In 1254, Dali was destroyed and the Abbasid dynasty was destroyed in 1258. Occupying Damascus in 1260, unfortunately Meng Ge suddenly died, and the Mongolian nation was split. Here, the Mongolian State has destroyed more than 40 countries, sweeping across Europe and Asia, and its territory is very vast. During the period of stability, the territory was about 33 million square kilometers, and in the later period, the vassal state might exceed 45 million square kilometers.
Compared with this territory, the Yuan Dynasty is much smaller, but it is still the largest among the divided countries. After the death of Meng Ge, Kublai Khan and Ali Bu Ge competed for the Khan position and hurriedly negotiated peace with and returned to Kaiping. With the support of the Mongol sect king and the Han Confucian officials, he took the lead in becoming the king, while Alibu, with the support of Haidu and other sect kings, became king in Hara and Lin. Kublai lived in the Central Plains for a long time, and he also promoted the appointment of Han people and Han law, which caused dissatisfaction from some Mongolian princes and nobles.
These people turned their heads to support Brother Ali. In order to win the support of King Zong, Kublai had to admit that the Queen of Shuchi Bieer, Chagatai, Queen Aluhu and Ba La, Sixth Brother Xu Liewu's legal rule over their respective fiefdoms. So although he later defeated Brother Ali and established the Yuan Dynasty, the split was still irreversible. After the demise of the Wakutai Khanate, the other three khanates remained nominally the vassals of the Yuan Dynasty.
remove this part,The largest of the Yuan Dynasty was the Arctic Ocean in the north, the Korean Peninsula in the east, and Pamirs in the west. As far as the northeast of Myanmar and northern Thailand, the total area is 13.72 million square kilometers, which is only 560,000 square kilometers larger than that of the Qing court. Looking at it this way, the Yuan dynasty that year was put to the present, it mainly includes two countries. That is to say, China and Russia. Russia is . Siberia is a relatively large piece of land, and the Central Plains dynasty has never cared much about this land.
Tang Dynasty, Zhu Di, etc. all only regarded this place as a vassal state, but the desert is the origin of the rulers of the Yuan Dynasty, and it is understandable to include it in the territory. The Later Yuan Dynasty destroyed the Southern Song Dynasty and ended the long-term chaos since the end of the Tang Dynasty, so it includes almost the entire China today. In addition, there are parts of the territory of Myanmar and many countries in the Indochina Peninsula, North Korea also has a part, Sikkim, Bhutan, Kashmir and other regions are also included.
The Yuan Dynasty once thought about continuing to expand abroad, attacking Japan, Burma, Vietnam, Java, etc., but they all ended in failure. This was largely due to the fact that politics had not been formalized. After the mid-Yuan Dynasty, the succession to the throne was chaotic, and coups broke out frequently, and the Sinicization was stagnant and development stagnant. Another political corruption and the involvement of power officials in politics completely led to the peasant uprising and its demise.
Reference materials: "Yuan History", "Mongol Empire"
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