The Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368), too, attached great importance to Xinjiang - a policy that was followed by the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) rulers.

When the Mongol ruler Kublai Khan established the Yuan dynasty (1279-1368), pungent aesthetic impulses flowed in from all over Central and Western Asia, soaking into Chinese traditions, creating a ...

The Society for Song, Yuan, and Conquest Dynasty Studies is an international society committed to the encouragement of the study of Chinese—as well as Jürchen, Khitan, Tangut, and Mongol—history, ...