Empire’s Twilight

Northeast Asia under the Mongols

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ISBN 9780674036086

Publication Date: 12/31/2009

450 pages

6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches

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Koryŏ Kings during the Mongol Period
Mongolian Rulers
Map 1. Yuan Dynasty, 1330 (adapted from Christopher Atwood, Encyclopedia of Mongolian and the Mongol Empire [New York: Facts on File, 2004])
Map 2. The Rival Contenders, 1350–65 (adapted from Frederick Mote, Imperial China [Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1999])
Map 3. Red Turban and Pirate Attacks (adapted from Kankoku rekishi chizu [Tokyo: Heibonsha, 2006])
Introduction
1. Northeast Asia and the Mongol Empire
2. A Precarious Restoration
3. Koryŏ in the Great Yuan Ulus
4. The Red Turban Wars
5. Buffeted in the Storm
6. In the Wake of the Invasions
7. A New King of Koryŏ
8. Wider Perspectives
Epilogue
Reference Matter
- Notes
- Works Cited
- Index

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