1254 — The empire of Möngke

WHAT CHANGES ON THE MAP

Goryeo (mod. North Korea)	Other settled powers (Jin China, Christendom, Delhi) → Tributaries & vassals
Goryeo (mod. South Korea)	Other settled powers (Jin China, Christendom, Delhi) → Tributaries & vassals
Arran & Shirvan (mod. Azerbaijan)	The Islamic powers → The Mongol Empire

ON THE GROUND

Yunnan — the Dali kingdom, taken by Khubilai’s flanking march of 1253
Tibet under Mongol overlordship — the Sakya priest–patron pact of 1247

THE CHAPTERS OF THIS MOMENT

CH 7 — The Machinery of Empire

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