COLLAPSE OF THE YUAN DYNASTY - TOGHON TEMUR AND THE MONGOL PERSPECTIVE

Almost a century after its foundation, the Yuan dynasty, and its mongol overlords, were overthrown and kicked out of China following the Han red turban rebellion. Watch how an entire empire decays through the lense of its figurehead, emperor Toghon Temür, despite efforts by such figures as Toghto, Chaghan Temür and Kokë Temür

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♫ MUSIC ♫
Total War Three Kingdoms - End of an Era
Total War Three Kingdoms - Oath of the Peach Garden
Europa Universalis IV - Forest Shade
Total War Three Kingdoms - The Calm before the Storm
Total War Attila - Main Theme
Total War Three Kingdoms - Bitter Winds
Total War Three Kingdoms - Duel of Fates
Mongol Court Music of the Khans
Total War Three Kingdoms - Lotus Blossoms
Total War Three Kingdoms - Shadows of War
Total War Three Kingdoms - Harmony
Civilization VI - Guzheng Improv 2
Lost in the Forest
Total War Shogun 2 - Resolve
Total War Three Kingdoms - Stratagem
Civilization VI - Mogolia Medieval Theme
Total War Three Kingdoms - The Art of War
Civilization V - Genghis Khan Peace Theme
Total War Shogun 2 - Point of No Return
Total War Three Kingdoms - Scorched Earth
Total War Three Kingdoms - Vanguard
Total War Three Kingdoms - Betrayal
Total War Three Kingdoms - Eternal Peace
Total War Three Kingdoms - Besieged
Total War Three Kingdoms - Duel of Fates
Total War Attila - Fiddler of the Plains
Civilization V - Genghis Khan Peace Theme
The Loyalist - Lotus Lane

🎬 VIDEO CREDITS 🎬
Empress Ki (2013)
再生緣 Eternal Happiness (2002)
Founding Emperor of Ming Dynasty (2006)

📜 MAIN SOURCES 📜
The Cambridge History of China - Volume 6 (1994), Denis Twitchett & John King Fairbank

🏷️ TAGS 🏷️
Yuan dynasty documentary
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Toghon Temur
Zhu Yuanzhang
Red Turban rebellion
White lotus sect
History of China
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Introduction: (0:00)
Context: (00:37)
Toghon Temür's enthronement: (02:54)
Bayan's dictatorship: (06:03)
Bayan's doom: (11:27)
Toghto's first chancellorship: (16:37)
A worsening situation: (21:34)
Toghto's return: (25:09)
The Yuan's fragmentation: (33:38)
Chaghan Temür's saga: (36:52)
Kokë Temür's saga: (38:58)
The rise of the Ming: (44:47)