During this period religious tolerance flourished although Taoism still endured persecution, and the first emperor in particular was responsible for a vast centralization effort and caste system based on the foreign nature of the ruling class.
Its founder's grandfather began its conquest by fighting the Western Xia, and the founder consolidated his power by capturing Guangzhou, though he had proclaimed the dynasty eight years earlier. During this period religious tolerance flourished although Taoism still endured persecution, and the first emperor in particular was responsible for a vast centralization effort and caste system based on the foreign nature of the ruling class. Preceding the Ming Dynasty and following by the Song, FTP, identify this Chinese dynasty founded by Kublai Khan in 1271, also called the Mongol Dynasty?
Its founder's grandfather began its conquest by fighting the Western Xia, and the founder consolidated his power by capturing Guangzhou, though he had proclaimed the dynasty eight years earlier.
{Yuan} Dynasty (prompt on {Mongol} Dynasty)