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1. Karakorum

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   Karakorum's importance began to wane shortly after the death of Möngke Khan in 1259. The subsequent civil wars (Toluid Succession) diverted resources and political attention elsewhere. Furthermore, the city was deemed insufficiently defensible against internal dissent, leading Kublai Khan to relocate the administrative capital to Khanbaliq (Dadu) in the south during the 1260s.
   The city was briefly besieged and sacked by Ming forces in 1380, …