// Middle Ages
Northern Yuan
- Period
- AD 1375 – AD 1439
- Duration
- approx. 64 years
- Greatest extent
- around AD 1375
- Area (max.)
- approx. 3.4 million km²
Period and duration
Northern Yuan — according to the map data from AD 1375 to AD 1439, roughly 64 years. The dates refer to the time the empire is drawn as its own territory on the world map; historians sometimes date its founding and end differently.
Greatest extent
Northern Yuan — greatest extent around AD 1375: the mapped borders then cover about 3.4 million km², roughly 2.3% of Earth's land area. The area is calculated from the border lines of the map and is therefore an approximation.
Predecessors and successors
States that ruled the same territory directly before and after:
Before (AD 1374)
After
Neighbours around AD 1375
The largest states in the region at the same time:
- Ming Dynasty
- White Horde
- Chagatai Khanate
- Tughlaq Dynasty
- Delhi Sultanate
- Ashikaga Shogunate
- Shan States
- Goryeo
Learn more
- Open the world map in AD 1375 — tap the empire for a detailed description
- Northern Yuan on Wikipedia
- All 300 empires at a glance
Borders and dates: Cliopatria / Seshat Global History Databank (CC BY 4.0). Coastlines: Natural Earth. Text: Centaurian.