Cultural Background
In the thirteenth century, Mongol forces had invaded China, and established the Yuan Dynasty in 1271. After a series of Mongol invasions, Goryeo eventually capitulated and made a peace treaty with the Yuan dynasty. The Ming Dynasty in China had grown extremely powerful during the 14th century, however, and began to beat back the Yuan forces, so that by the 1350s Goryeo had regained its northern territories, and took back the Liaodong region.
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