Mongol ruler Kublai Khan, seeking to gain …
Years: 1257 - 1257
Mongol ruler Kublai Khan, seeking to gain control of the spice routes that pass along the coast of Dai Viet, or Annam, dispatches a Mongol army south into Dai Viet and Champa.
The Mongol forces, meeting with little opposition, travel down the Red River to plunder Hanoi in 1257.
