Kublai Khan conquers the Dali kingdom
1253
At the head of a Mongol army dispatched by his brother Mongke, Kublai crossed the high gorges of Yunnan and subdued the Dali kingdom of the Bai people. The conquest opened a southern avenue into Song China and gave Kublai his first taste of administrative rule. He spared the local king and ruled through existing Bai elites, a pragmatic approach he would later apply across China.
In context
Also in 1253 (3 other events on record)
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Era
High Middle Ages (1000–1300), one of 1,306 events from that era on Saeculum.
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