Mongol Empire · TURNING POINT ·
Mongol invasions of Korea (1259)
On the Mongol Empire map as “Goryeo comes to terms”
1259 — After six invasions and thirty years, with the court holed up on Kanghwa island while the peninsula burned, the crown prince travels to the Mongol court. Goryeo keeps its king and loses its independence — vassal, in-law and, soon, unwilling shipyard for the Japan expeditions.
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- How the Mongol Empire was governed (chapter 7 of Mongol Empire)
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- The Mongol Empire, 1206–1294
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