Talk:First Mongol invasion of Burma

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The Mongol Empire and the Yuan dynasty were really not the same thing. They have separate articles for them. The Yuan dynasty was a branch or division of the Mongol Empire based in China, and it was really the Yuan (not the entire Mongol Empire) that fought with the Burma during this war, so it should be mentioned in the first paragraph. Also, the invasion was part of Kublai Khan's Campaigns, so it should be mentioned too. Thanks! --Cartakes (talk) 22:59, 26 September 2015 (UTC)
 * The troops were sourced mainly from Central Asia. Didn't Mongol Empire really break up only after Kublai Khan's death in 1294? If so, why wouldn't it be the Mongol Empire? Anglo-Burmese wars aren't viewed as a war between the British Raj and Burma. The Burma Campaign article lists the British Empire first, and then constituent states. Hybernator (talk) 23:14, 26 September 2015 (UTC)
 * If you look at the article division of the Mongol Empire, you will find that the Mongol Empire began to split in 1260 with the Toluid Civil War. By 1294 it had already broke up into four khanates, but that does not mean the Mongol Empire only broke up after Kublai Khan's death in 1294. There was no unified campaigns involving all khanates after 1260 any more, and while the Yuan emperors held the nominal title of Khagan, they were definitely unable to command the whole empire (this is obviously different from the fact that the British Empire was a unified empire at that time), although they were many Semu troops (mainly from Central Asia) within the Yuan army as you suggested. So for the purpose of this article, it should be mentioned that it was really the Yuan that fought against the Burma, but the first paragraph also mentioned that the Yuan was a division of the Mongol Empire. --Cartakes (talk) 23:25, 26 September 2015 (UTC)