Northern Yuan

Northern Yuan was a state in Mongolian plateau (Central and North Asia) that lasted from 1368 to 1635 CE, about 267 years. Its people spoke Mongolic languages (Mongol, Khitan, Oirat).

The Mongol court that retreated to the steppe after the Ming took Beijing. Dayan Khan reunited the eastern Mongols around 1500, and Ligdan Khan's death in 1634 left them to the Manchus.

See Northern Yuan on the interactive timeline

Facts

Dates

1368 to 1635 CE

Duration

267 years

Type

State

Region

Mongolian plateau, Central and North Asia

Language family

Mongolic

Came from

• Mongol Empire 1206 to 1368 CE

Became

• Qing rule in Mongolia 1691 to 1911 CE

Events in Central and North Asia during its time

• 1428 Ulugh Beg's observatory
• 1578 Altan Khan names the Dalai Lama
• 1582 Yermak takes Sibir

Neighbours in Central and North Asia

• Mongol Empire 1206 to 1368 CE
• Timurid Empire 1370 to 1507 CE
• Kazakh Khanate 1465 to 1847 CE
• Russian Siberia 1582 to 1917 CE
• Khanate of Bukhara 1500 to 1785 CE
• Golden Horde 1242 to 1502 CE
• Chagatai Khanate 1225 to 1370 CE
• Dzungar Khanate 1634 to 1758 CE
• Khanate of Khiva 1511 to 1920 CE
• Russian Far East and Yakutia 1632 to 1917 CE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

• Republic of Venice c. 697 to 1797 CE, Europe
• Byzantine Empire 395 to 1453 CE, Europe
• Byzantine Empire 395 to 1453 CE, Middle East
• Swahili city-states c. 800 to 1700 CE, Central and Southern Africa
• Holy Roman Empire 962 to 1806 CE, Europe
• Srivijaya c. 650 to 1377 CE, Southeast Asia
• Ethiopian Empire (Solomonic dynasty) 1270 to 1974 CE, North and West Africa
• Khmer Empire 802 to 1431 CE, Southeast Asia
• Ottoman Empire 1299 to 1922 CE, Europe
• Ottoman Empire 1299 to 1922 CE, Middle East

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