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2 - Daidu’s Fall

from Part I - The Wider Historical Context

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 October 2019

David M. Robinson
Affiliation:
Colgate University, New York
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Chapter 2, “Daidu’s Fall,” traces the fate of Mongol political and military power in eastern Eurasia during the decades following the Yuan ruling house’s flight to the steppe in 1368. This chapter examines the Yuan court’s efforts to maintain legitimacy in the eyes of former subjects and allies, which included Chinese, Mongol, Turkic, Jurchen, Korean, and Central Asian populations, by drawing on political emblems developed during the empire’s glory years. This chapter also explains the Yuan’s military and administrative strategies to come to terms with its new position in eastern Eurasia. After 1368, the Great Yuan court remained a powerful actor on the international stage; the Ming court was never the sole political patron available to ambitious individuals and communities.

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In the Shadow of the Mongol Empire
Ming China and Eurasia
, pp. 47 - 71
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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  • Daidu’s Fall
  • David M. Robinson, Colgate University, New York
  • Book: In the Shadow of the Mongol Empire
  • Online publication: 17 October 2019
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108687645.004
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  • Daidu’s Fall
  • David M. Robinson, Colgate University, New York
  • Book: In the Shadow of the Mongol Empire
  • Online publication: 17 October 2019
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108687645.004
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  • Daidu’s Fall
  • David M. Robinson, Colgate University, New York
  • Book: In the Shadow of the Mongol Empire
  • Online publication: 17 October 2019
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108687645.004
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