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Dali Kingdom

The Dali Kingdom was a state in present-day Yunnan in southwestern China, which lasted from the tenth to the thirteenth century. It was conquered by the Mongols under Kublai Khan in the 1250s. The conquest outflanked the Song and brought Yunnan into the Yuan Dynasty.

Dali Kingdom
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Dali Kingdom. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/dali-kingdom
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