TY  - BOOK
AU  - Clements,Jonathan
TI  - A brief history of Khubilai Khan
SN  - 9780762439874 (pbk.)
AV  - DS752.6.K83  C55 2010
U1  - 950.22092 23
PY  - 2010///
CY  -  Philadelphia
PB  -  Running Press ; ,  Robinson
KW  - Kublai Khan, 
KW  - Mongols
KW  - Kings and rulers
KW  - Biography
KW  - History
KW  - To 1500
KW  - China
KW  - Yüan dynasty, 1260-1368
N1  - 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; 900-999; 950
N2  - 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
ER  -