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The Mongol Empire

The Mongol Empire. Kublai Khan. Grandson of GK 1279 - Conquered all of China Yuan Dynasty. Yuan Dynasty. China united for 1st time in 300 yrs China open to greater trade Tolerated Chinese culture. Yuan Dynasty. Kublai enjoyed luxurious lifestyle New capital in Beijing. Failure of Japan.

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The Mongol Empire

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  1. The Mongol Empire

  2. Kublai Khan • Grandson of GK • 1279 - Conquered all of China • Yuan Dynasty

  3. Yuan Dynasty • China united for 1st time in 300 yrs • China open to greater trade • Tolerated Chinese culture

  4. Yuan Dynasty • Kublai enjoyed luxurious lifestyle • New capital in Beijing

  5. Failure of Japan • Huge fleets to Japan --> lost • Kamikaze saved Japan

  6. Mongol Rule • Lived apart from Chinese • Restored Grand Canal • Paved highway • Foreign Trade • Foreigners encouraged to visit • Marco Polo

  7. " They knelt before him and made obeisance with the utmost humility. The Great Khan bade them rise and received them honorably and entertained them with good cheer. He asked many questions about their condition and how they fared after their departure. The brothers assured him that they had indeed fared well, since they found him well and flourishing. Then they presented the privileges and letters which the Pope had sent, with which he was greatly pleased, and handed over the holy oil, which he received with joy and prized very hightly.

  8. When the Great Khan saw Marco, who was then a young stripling, he asked who he was. 'Sir' said Messer Niccolo, 'he is my son and your liege man.' 'He is heartly welcome,' said the Khan. What need to make a long story of it? Great indeed were the mirth and merry-making with which the Great khan and all his Court welcomed the arrival of these emissaries. And they were well served and attended to in all their needs. They stayed at Court and had a place of honor above the other barons."

  9. Marco Polo • Silk Roads • Arrived 1275 • Served great Khan for 17 yrs.

  10. " I believe it was God's will that we should come back, so that men might know the things that are in the world, since, as we have said in the first chapter of this book, no other man, Christian or Saracen, Mongol or pagan, has explored so much of the world as Messer Marco, son of Messer Niccolo Polo, great and noble citizen of the city of Venice."

  11. End of Mongol Rule • Expeditions to SE Asia • Heavy spending • 1294 - Kublai died • 1368 - Chinese overthrew Mongols • Ming Dynasty found • Mongol Empire disintegrated • Khanates fell in 1300’s and 1480 (Russia)

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