Book contents
- The Cambridge History of the Mongol Empire
- The Cambridge History of the Mongol Empire
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures in Volume I
- Figures in Volume II
- Maps in Volume I
- Maps in Volume II
- Tables in Volume I
- Contributors to Volume I
- Contributors to Volume II
- Acknowledgments
- Notes on Dates and Transliterations
- Abbreviations
- Volume I
- Introduction
- Volume I Part 1 Political History
- Volume I Part 2 Thematic Histories
- Volume I Part 3 Views from the Edges
- 15 Mongolia in the Mongol Empire
- 16 Koryŏ in the Mongol Empire
- 17 Georgia and the Caucasus
- 18 The Mongols and Siberia
- 19 The Rus′ Principalities
- Volume I Part 4 External Histories
- Epilogue
- Volume II
- Index to Volume I
- Index to Volume II
- References
15 - Mongolia in the Mongol Empire
From Center to Periphery
from Volume I Part 3 - Views from the Edges
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 January 2024
Book contents
- The Cambridge History of the Mongol Empire
- The Cambridge History of the Mongol Empire
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures in Volume I
- Figures in Volume II
- Maps in Volume I
- Maps in Volume II
- Tables in Volume I
- Contributors to Volume I
- Contributors to Volume II
- Acknowledgments
- Notes on Dates and Transliterations
- Abbreviations
- Volume I
- Introduction
- Volume I Part 1 Political History
- Volume I Part 2 Thematic Histories
- Volume I Part 3 Views from the Edges
- 15 Mongolia in the Mongol Empire
- 16 Koryŏ in the Mongol Empire
- 17 Georgia and the Caucasus
- 18 The Mongols and Siberia
- 19 The Rus′ Principalities
- Volume I Part 4 External Histories
- Epilogue
- Volume II
- Index to Volume I
- Index to Volume II
- References
Summary
Seeking to rule the vast domain they had annexed, the Mongols under Ögödei Qa’an established a capital in Qaraqorum in Mongolia. But Qaraqorum did not have the resources or water supply for a large city. After the war (1260–1264) between Qubilai Qa’an, based in China, and Arigh Böke, centered in the steppes, the victors shifted the capital to Dadu, around modern Beijing. Although Qaraqorum and Mongolia may have lost their significance with the transfer of the capital, they remained vital as the Mongols’ homeland, and various Mongol leaders (and their enemies) sought to control these regions. The Yuan court sought to govern Mongolia as a typical Chinese province but was stymied by its inability to control mobile herders. Yet when it was forced out of China by the Ming dynasty, it retreated to Mongolia as the Northern Yuan dynasty and lasted for several centuries.
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