The Shexian Dryland Stone Terraced System in Handan, Hebei province, is a rain-fed agricultural system dating back to the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368) (PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY) Local farmers know how ...

The Yuan dynasty in China lasted from 1279 to 1368 ... Kublai Khan wanted to support agriculture and he created an Office for Stimulation of Agriculture. Although many of his people wanted to ...

In the 13th Century A.D. Yuan Dynasty: Tibet Became an Administrative Region of China. At the beginning of the 13thcentury, Genghis Khan, a Mongolian chieftain, established the Mongol Empire ...

The water gate area in the east of the Shuomen ancient port site in Wenzhou, Zhejiang province (PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY) A panoramic scroll attributed to the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368) court painter ...

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, ...