A brief history of Khubilai Khan / Jonathan Clements.

By: Clements, Jonathan, 1971-
Language: English Publisher: Philadelphia : Running Press ; Robinson, 2010Description: 274 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780762439874 (pbk.)Subject(s): Kublai Khan, 1216-1294 | Mongols -- Kings and rulers -- Biography | Mongols -- History -- To 1500 | China -- Kings and rulers -- Biography | China -- History -- Yüan dynasty, 1260-1368DDC classification: 950.22092 LOC classification: DS752.6.K83 | C55 2010
Contents:
Maps -- Family tree -- Introduction: Rise of the Mongols -- Conquered by wine: the reign of Ogodei -- Voices prophesying war: the sons of Tolui -- In Xanadu: Khubilai in the reign of Mongke -- The revolution of fate: the battle to be Khan -- A plague upon the throne: the Yangtze campaign -- Beginning: the Yuan dynasty -- Samurai: the first Mongol armada -- The miscellaneous aliens: Khubilai's cosmopolitan empire -- Dragons in the water: the second Mongol armada -- The accursed doctrines: political intrigues and religious persecutions -- Death to the Mongols: the Annamese resistance -- Down to a sunless sea: last years -- The romance of the grand Khan: Khubilai's legacy -- Chronology.
Summary: Relates the life of the Mongol leader and emperor of China who ruled at the time of Marco Polo, and describes how the grandson of Genghis Khan helped change nomadic warriors into rulers of a sedentary empire.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [238]-259) and index.

Maps --
Family tree --
Introduction: Rise of the Mongols --
Conquered by wine: the reign of Ogodei --
Voices prophesying war: the sons of Tolui --
In Xanadu: Khubilai in the reign of Mongke --
The revolution of fate: the battle to be Khan --
A plague upon the throne: the Yangtze campaign --
Beginning: the Yuan dynasty --
Samurai: the first Mongol armada --
The miscellaneous aliens: Khubilai's cosmopolitan empire --
Dragons in the water: the second Mongol armada --
The accursed doctrines: political intrigues and religious persecutions --
Death to the Mongols: the Annamese resistance --
Down to a sunless sea: last years --
The romance of the grand Khan: Khubilai's legacy --
Chronology.

Relates the life of the Mongol leader and emperor of China who ruled at the time of Marco Polo, and describes how the grandson of Genghis Khan helped change nomadic warriors into rulers of a sedentary empire.

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