The [[Mongols|Mongol]] Yuan Dynasty was the first foreign dynasty to rule over all of China. Founded by [[Kubilai Khan]] in [[1271]], the Yuan took [[Hangzhou]] (the capital of the [[Southern Song Dynasty]]) in [[1276]], and had complete control of China by [[1279]]. The dynasty eventually fell to a peasant rebellion, the [[Han Chinese]] leader of which then established the [[Ming Dynasty]] in [[1368]]. | The [[Mongols|Mongol]] Yuan Dynasty was the first foreign dynasty to rule over all of China. Founded by [[Kubilai Khan]] in [[1271]], the Yuan took [[Hangzhou]] (the capital of the [[Southern Song Dynasty]]) in [[1276]], and had complete control of China by [[1279]]. The dynasty eventually fell to a peasant rebellion, the [[Han Chinese]] leader of which then established the [[Ming Dynasty]] in [[1368]]. |