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Battle site · The Mongol Empire, 1206–1294
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19 Mar 1279 — The last Song fleet, carrying the court in exile, is destroyed off this headland; the chancellor Lu Xiufu takes the eight-year-old emperor on his back and steps into the sea. For the first time in history, all of China is ruled by conquerors from the steppe.
This is one scene of Chapter 10 — Khubilai and the Song in The Mongol Empire, 1206–1294.
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