Mongolia

Mongolia was the homeland of the Mongol tribes on the Mongolian Plateau.

After the Yuan court withdrew from China in 1368, its khans ruled from the plateau amid factional struggles. In the late fifteenth century Dayan Khan and Mandukhai Khatun reunited most Mongol tribes; Dayan distributed the eastern tumens among his sons. Ligdan Khan later fought other Mongol leaders, and the remaining Northern Yuan court submitted to the Later Jin in 1635 after his death.