Mongol Empire · TURNING POINT ·
Mongol invasion of Burma (1287)
On the Mongol Empire map as “Pagan falls”
1287 — The kingdom of the eleven thousand temples fractures after Yuan columns descend the Irrawaddy; Burma becomes a tributary. It is the machine’s last clear win in the south — and even here, garrisons melt in the heat and the court soon rules through local kings.
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- Mongol invasions of Japan and Vietnam (chapter 11 of Mongol Empire)
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- The Mongol Empire, 1206–1294
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