Mongol ruler Kublai Khan, seeking to gain…
1257 CE
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.