Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 43. Chapters: States and territories established in 1270, States and territories established in 1271, States and territories established in 1272, States and territories established in 1273, States and territories established in 1274, States and territories established in 1276, States and territories established in 1277, States and territories established in 1278, States and territories established in 1279, Andorra, Augsburg, Yuan Dynasty, Archbishopric of Salzburg, Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Karamano lu, Weingarten Abbey, Ravensburg, Duchy of Mantua, Duchy of aga, Principality of Gottingen, Comtat Venaissin, Solomonic dynasty, Kingdom of Albania, Duchy of Jawor, Beylik of Erzincan, Ramazano lu, County of Santa Fiora, Bentheim-Bentheim, Sahib Ata, Bentheim-Tecklenburg. Excerpt: The Yuan Dynasty (Mongolian: Chinese: pinyin: Yuanchao; ), or Great Yuan Empire (simplified Chinese: traditional Chinese: pinyin: Da Yuan Diguo) was a Mongol dynasty founded by the Mongol leader Kublai Khan, who ruled most of present-day China, all of modern Mongolia and its surrounding areas, lasting officially from 1271 to 1368. It is considered both as a division of the Mongol Empire and as an imperial dynasty of China. In Chinese history, the Yuan Dynasty followed the Song Dynasty and preceded the Ming Dynasty. Although the dynasty was established by Kublai Khan, he had his grandfather Genghis Khan placed on the official record as the founder of the dynasty or Taizu (Chinese: ). Besides Emperor of China, Kublai Khan had also claimed the title of Great Khan, i.e. supremacy over the other Mongol khanates (Chagatai Khanate, Golden Horde, Ilkhanate); however this claim was only truly recognized by the Il-Khanids, who were nevertheless essentially self-governing. Although later emperors of the Yuan Dynasty were recognized by the three virtually ind...