The largest dynasty in history

The Yuan Dynasty had a total area of 22.67 million square kilometers.

The Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368) was the first unified dynasty established by ethnic minorities in Chinese history. Its predecessor was the Great Mongolian State founded by Genghis Khan, and the Mongols began with Genghis Khan Temujin, and even made expeditions to places such as present-day eastern Europe, Iran, Turkey, and Afghanistan.

In 1271, Kublai Khan proclaimed himself emperor (the grandson of Genghis Khan) and promulgated the decree of the "Founding Edict", which took the meaning of "Dazai Qianyuan" in the "Book of Changes", and officially established the country as Dayuan. A year later, under Liu Bingzhong's planning, the Yuan Empire was built as the capital of the Central Plains of the Jin Kingdom.

In 1310, during the reign of Yuan Wuzong, the land area of the Yuan Dynasty reached its peak, with the Arctic Ocean in the north, northern Myanmar in the south, northern Vietnam, Laobei, the Sea of Japan, the Yellow Sea, the South China Sea, the Beihai Sea, the Taiwan Strait in the east, Xinjiang in the west, and the Himalayas in the southwest, with a total land area of 22.67 million square kilometers, which is the strongest empire in ancient times.

Historically, the Yuan Dynasty had the largest land area. In 1279, Yuan Shizu conquered the Southern Song Dynasty to unify China, and according to the records of the Historical Atlas of China, the Han Dynasty, Monan, Mobei, Northeast China, eastern Xinjiang, the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the Penghu Islands, Jeju Island and the South China Sea Islands were all under the rule of the Yuan Dynasty. The Yuan Dynasty acquired the Moxi territory of the Ögedai Khanate, with a land area of 13.72 million square kilometers, and the northern frontier extended to the Arctic Ocean with an area of 22.67 million square kilometers.

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The dynasty with the largest land area in Chinese history was the Yuan Dynasty.

Among the ancient dynasties, the Yuan Dynasty had the largest land area.

The land area of the Yuan Dynasty was 10,000 square kilometers, and the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368) was the first unified dynasty established by ethnic minorities in Chinese history.

During the Yuan Dynasty, the unified multi-ethnic state was further consolidated, and its territory surpassed that of previous dynasties. The Yuan Dynasty abolished Shangshu Province and Menxia Province, retained Zhongshu Province, the Privy Council, and the Imperial Historical Observatory to divide the three powers of government, military and supervision, and implemented the provincial system at the local level, which was the first of its kind in China.

The commodity economy of the Yuan Dynasty was more prosperous than overseas. During the Yuan Dynasty, diplomatic exchanges with various countries were frequent, and envoys, missionaries, and business travelers were sent from all over the country. In terms of culture, cultural forms such as Yuanqu appeared during the period, which were closer to secularization.

In the Yuan Dynasty and 1330, the land area reached 13.72 million square kilometers (northern Xinjiang is bounded by 55 degrees north latitude), and if northern Xinjiang extends to the Arctic Ocean, it will have 22.67 million square kilometers.

Yuan Dynasty territory: The predecessor of the Yuan Dynasty was the Great Mongolian State, in 1206 Genghis Khan Temujin founded the country with the desert north and south and the forest region (that is, the Nebuchu region), through the management of the Mongolian Khans and three westward expeditions, the territory from the Sea of Japan, the East China Sea in the east, the Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea in the west, across Siberia in the north, and the Persian Gulf in the south, establishing a superpower across the Eurasian continent.

During the period of Genghis Khan, the kings of the host province and the kings of the west were divided into the kings of the host province and the younger brother of Temujin, most of whom were divided into the eastern part of the Saibei and the northeast region, and had strong subordinate attributes; The kings of the Western Province were the sons of Temujin, among whom the eldest son Jochi was divided into the Aral Sea, the Caspian Sea, and the Kipchak steppe north of Lake Balkhash, and later established the Kipchak Khanate by Batu; The second son of Feng Chagatai was in the old land of Western Liao north of the Syr Darya River, and was known as the Chagatai Khanate in history; The three sons, Wokotai, were divided into the old land of Naiman, and later established the Ogedai Khanate by Haidu; Saibei, Handi, Northeast China, Qinghai-Tibet and eastern Xinjiang were obtained by the young son Tulei, and later directly under the jurisdiction of the Yuan Dynasty.

In 1279, Yuan Shizu conquered the Southern Song Dynasty to unify China, and according to the records of the Historical Atlas of China, the Han Dynasty, Monan, Mobei, Northeast (including the Outer Northeast and Sakhalin Island), the eastern part of Xinjiang (the Tarim Basin in the early Yuan Dynasty reached the Green Mountains in the west), the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the Penghu Islands, Jeju Island and the South China Sea Islands were all under the rule of the Yuan Dynasty.

After the destruction of the Southern Song Dynasty, although there were many conflicts with Japan, Burma, Annam, Java and other countries, the territory generally tended to be stable. In 1310, during the period of Yuan Wuzong, the Yuan Dynasty and the Chagatai Khanate divided the Ogedai Khanate, and the Yuan Dynasty obtained the Moxi territory of the Ogedai Khanate, with a land area of 13.72 million square kilometers (the northern Xinjiang is bounded by 55 degrees north latitude), and if the northern Xinjiang extends to the Arctic Ocean, it will have 22.67 million square kilometers.