Yuan dynasty: extent of empire under Kublai Khan, c. 1300

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         Here is a map of china and its surrounding countries in 1300 BCE. The red line shows modern China’s boundaries. This map shows for the first time all of inner China was in the hands of a non-chinese ruler. After all the years of battle, the Mongols finally got to the Yangtze River Valley shown in the map on the southeast. In the currant China map, Dadu the capital is modern day Beijing which is still the capital of China.