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	Kublai Khan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Kublai Khan or Khubilai Khan (September 23, 1215 – February 18, 1294), Mongol military leader, was Khan (1260 – 1294) of the Mongol Empire and founder and first Emperor (1279 – 1294) of the Chinese Yuan Dynasty.
		Born the second son of Tolui and Sorghaghtani Beki and grandson of Genghis Khan, he succeeded his brother Möngke in 1260, after years of fighting as Khan of the Mongol Empire.
		Kublai Khan's brother, Hulagu, was the conqueror of Persia and founder of the Ilkhanate.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Khubilai_Khan (821 words)

	Mongolia - Khubilai Khan and the Yuan Dynasty, 1261-1368 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Mongolia - Khubilai Khan and the Yuan Dynasty, 1261-1368
		Khubilai maintained a summer residence north of the Great Wall at Shangdu (the Xanadu of Coleridge).
		Khubilai, who took the Chinese-style reign title Zhiyuan ("the greatest of the Yuan"), proved himself to be one of the most able rulers of imperial China.
	countrystudies.us /mongolia/18.htm (521 words)

	13. The end of Khubilai Khan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The year of 1279 CE, was the highlight in the ruling of Khubilai Khan, he had established himself as an intellectual and as a warrior.
		But as Khubilai grew older he was distracted by the need to prove himself as a conqueror, therefore he started his disastrous military campaigns, which both tarnished his reputation and made the country almost bankrupt.
		Toward the end Khubilai reinstated the examination that had existed before the time of the Mongolians, he also let Chinese serve in lesser positions in the government, perhaps in an effort to make the people happier, but the Mongolians would always be foreigners in the eyes of the Chinese.
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	Morris Rossabi, Khubilai Khan, ch 5
		Khubilai wished to be perceived both as the legitimate Khan of Khans of the Mongols and as the Emperor of China.
		Khubilai was concerned with the welfare of his Chinese subjects and with the economic rehabilitation of the territory that he hoped to rule.
		Khubilai promoted the building of roads, on either side of which “willows and other trees [had] been planted so that the shadow of the trees [fell] upon the road.” In addition, he established postal stations, which, though originally designed to transmit and deliver official mail, also served to facilitate trade.
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	Kublai Khan -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Kublai Khan's brother, (additional info and facts about Hulagu) Hulagu, was the conqueror of Persia and founder of the (additional info and facts about Ilkhanate) Ilkhanate.
		The empire was separated into four (The position of a khan) khanates, each ruled by a separate khan and overseen by the Great Khan.
		Kublai Khan also appears as a character in (Italian writer of novels and short stories (born in Cuba) (1923-1987)) Italo Calvino's book (additional info and facts about Invisible Cities) Invisible Cities, together with (Venetian traveler who explored Asia in the 13th century and served Kublai Khan (1254-1324)) Marco Polo.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/k/ku/kublai_khan.htm (760 words)

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		Khubilai was born on September 23, 1215 CE, the same year that Chingis Khan conquered Beijing.
		Khubilai also recruited advisors that were not Chinese, for he welcomed those men that had the knowledge that could help him rule his domain in Hsing-chou.
		It is known that Chabi and Khubilai got married just before the year 1240 CE since her first son was born that year, but nothing else is known about her life in the period between 1240 CE and Khubilais succession as Khaghan in the year of 1260 CE.
	biphome.spray.se /coif/history/kublai/kublen05.html (1766 words)

	Khubilai Khan History Summary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Khubilai Khan (or Qubilai Qan), founder of the Yuan dynasty (1279–1368), as the Mongol khanate of China became known, was the last ruler of Mongol China to be born on the steppe.
		Khubilai, then in his mid-thirties, became his brother's viceroy in China, a role he performed very successfully with the help of a variety of advisers savvy in local administrative tradition.
		Khubilai now had unrestricted control in Mongol China and in most of Mongolia, including the old Mongol imperial capital of Karakorum, although his rule was never unchallenged in Inner Asia.
	www.bookrags.com /history/worldhistory/khubilai-khan-ema-03 (870 words)

	Khubilai Khan: His Life and Times (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Living from 1215 to 1294 Khubilai Khan is one of history's most renowned figures.
		Still, if you need a book on the life of Khubilai Khan which is clearly written and avoids jargon---though the author does tend to insert a few too many Mongol and Chinese terms which are useless to lay readers---you could do worse than obtain this volume, probably the premier work on the subject in English.
		Khubilai Khan was the first of the Mongol rulers to make the transition from nomadic conqueror of the steppes to effective ruler of a sedentary society.
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	Do fundo do mar... Sea bottom: Mystery of the lost fleet
		So it was, that in the year 1281, Khubilai Khan (also known as Kublai Khan) built an armada of 4,400 ships carrying 140,000 men, and set forth to conquer the Land of the Rising Sun.
		It is assumed that Khubilai Khan had first sent an envoy to the Shogun of Japan seeking a good relationship between Mongol and Japan.
		Khubilai Khan: Fall of the Mongol Hordes premieres on Discovery Channel (Astro Channel 50) on Sept 11 at 9pm.
	dofundodomar.blogspot.com /2005/09/mystery-of-lost-fleet.html (847 words)

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		Even if many of Khubilai’s people wanted to establish the nomadic life that they were used to inside the city walls, Khubilai put forward a decree that would stop the livestock of the nomads to roam freely over cultivated land.
		The main roads were also expanded during the days of Khubilai Khan, avenues were planted on both sides of the road to give shade during the summer and also served as guidance marks during the winter.
		Khubilai also organized a new tax system, the people would no longer pay to local tax collectors but needed only to pay once a year to the central government.
	biphome.spray.se /coif/history/kublai/kublen12.html (1734 words)

	Kublai Khan In Battle, 1287
		In the middle 13th century the influence of the Mongol Empire established by Genghis Khan stretched from the borders of Poland in the West to the Yellow Sea in the East.
		Kublai Khan, grandson of Genghis, became ruler of the empire in 1260 and proceeded to consolidate his power by relinquishing the Mongol conquests outside China establishing his capital at the site of modern-day Beijing.
		Marco Polo immediately impressed the Khan with his intelligence and knowledge of language and was soon providing invaluable service as the Khan's emissary and political adviser.
	www.eyewitnesstohistory.com /khan.htm (1248 words)

	Mongols and Yuan China by Sanderson Beck
		One exception was after the husband of Genghis Khan's daughter was killed at Nishapur in 1221; she ordered the death of all in the city, and the skulls of men, women, and children were piled in pyramids.
		Meanwhile in 1273 Khubilai had appointed the Turk Bayan to command the invasion of Song, and in January 1275 the Mongols crossed the Yangzi River.
		Khubilai released tens of thousands of captured Song soldiers and civilians, and he ordered the Mongols to treat the Chinese and their property with respect.
	www.san.beck.org /3-6-Mongols.html (11119 words)

	Essays.cc - Khubilai Khan
		Khubilai Khan began to play a significant part in the consolidation of Mongol rule when his brother, Mangu Khan, became determined to complete the conquest of China in 1251.
		Khubilai named the dynasty Yuan, meaning “beginning” or “origin of the universe,” to signify that this was the beginning of a long era of Mongol power.3 The Yuan Dynasty lasted from 1279 to 1368 in China.4 Where to put the capital was a major decision for Khubilai Khan.
		Khubilai had appealed to a wide variety of occupational and social groups, and to the various religions of his empire.
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	Kublai Khan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Kublai Khan or Khubilai Khan (1215 - 1294) Khan of the Mongol Empire and after founding the Yuan Dynasty Emperor of China (元世祖忽必烈).
		Born the son of Tolui and Sorghaghtani and grandson of Genghis Khan he succeeded his brother Möngke in 1260 as ruler of the Mongol Empire.
		Storm from the East: From Ghengis Khan to Khubilai Khan
	www.freeglossary.com /Kublai_Khan (655 words)

	9. Khubilai Khan on the throne
		But Khubilai was reluctant to do this, he sent for the other leaders to have a deliberation to settle the fate of Arigh Böke.
		Khubilai now had to subdue Song, partly to win respect from his subjects, partly to eliminate the ever-present threat that the hostile Song dynasty represented.
		The real threat against Khubilai’s ambitions was along the Central Asian border where Khaidu, grandson of Ögödei, constantly challenged Khubilai’s sovereignty in Central Asia and he made raids along Chinas northwestern borders.
	www.2blixt.net /history/kublai/kublen09.html (494 words)

	Kublai Khan : Khubilai Khan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Kublai Khan or Khubilai Khan(1215 - 1294) was a Mongol emperor.
		After his brother Möngke[?] died in battle in 1260 he became ruler of the empire that their grandfather Genghis Khan had created.
		Samuel Taylor Coleridge wrote a poem in 1798 entitled Kubla Khan which is based very loosely on Kublai Khan.
	www.termsdefined.net /kh/khubilai-khan.html (513 words)

	The Mongols in World History \| Asia Topics in World History
		Khubilai Khan was an important transitional figure in Mongol history, in particular because he sought to rule — and not merely conquer — the vast domains that the Mongols had subjugated.
		This is not to say that Khubilai did not persist in efforts at military expansionism — indeed, he successfully brought South China under his control in 1279.
		Two key figures closely related to Khubilai Khan include Chabi, his second principal wife, and the Tibetan monk 'Phags-pa lama, who was his close friend and adviser.
	www.columbia.edu /itc/eacp/japanworks/mongols/figures/figu_kub.htm (250 words)

	ipedia.com: Kublai Khan Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Kublai Khan or Khubilai Khan Khan of the Mongol Empire and after founding the Yuan Dynasty, Emperor of China.
		Kublai Khan or Khubilai Khan (1215-1294) Khan of the Mongol Empire and after founding the Yuan Dynasty, Emperor of China (元世祖忽必烈).
		Born the son of Tolui and Sorghaghtani Beki and grandson of Genghis Khan, he succeeded his brother Möngke in 1260 as ruler of the Mongol Empire.
	www.ipedia.com /kublai_khan.html (367 words)

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	Kublai Khan
		Kublai Khan, 1215–94, Mongol emperor, founder of the Yüan dynasty of China.
		The lure of Xanadu: ever since Marco Polo first told the story of his visit to the court of Kublai Khan in the 13th century, the Silk Road has inspired generations of writers and storytellers.
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	Khubilai Khan, His Life and Times - Morris Rossabi
		A serious study of Kublai Khan (the best available biography of the legendary figure) and a fascinating, scholarly portrait of the culture and politics of 13th-century Asia.
		Rossabi examines Khan's rise to power, the submission of Korea and the attempted invasion of Japan.
		An invader conquered by his own conquest, Khubilai Khan remains of interest to the casual reader because of his influence on his times and his legendary status as the subject of both Marco Polo's writings and Coleridge's famous poem.
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	Mongolia Khubilai Khan and the Yuan Dynasty, 1261-1368 - Flags, Maps, Economy, Geography, Climate, Natural Resources, ...
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		Mongolia Khubilai Khan and the Yuan Dynasty, 1261-1368
		For the next few years, the new khan devoted his attention to administrative reforms of his vast empire (see fig.
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	Khubilai Khan His Life and Times by Morris Rossabi
		Khubilai Khan His Life and Times by Morris Rossabi
		The Monks of Kublai Khan: Emperor of China [ABC-5793/CHIN]
		He expedited and encouraged travel in his territories: Asian goods reached Europe along the caravan trails, and the ensuing European demand for these products eventually inspired the search for the sea route to Asia.
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	Review Storm from the East: From Ghengis Khan to Khubilai Khan - Computer Toaster (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		I found the author had a scholastic approach to the subject which is what I sought and had the ability to incorporate mady other aspects tpo the Khans which gave me the unusual perspective...
		In the west we've all heard of Ghengis Khan, and we have our preconceptions of "barbarian" cultures or the terrible hordes of Mongol warriors; the reality behind the myths and legends is well worth knowing....
		The Blue Wolf: The Epic Tale of the Life of Genghis Khan and the Empire of the...
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		Historical records show that the Mongols, led by Kublai Khan, invaded China and drove the imperial court of the Southern Song Dynasty to the southern part of the mainland in 1277.
		A minister of the Southern Song, with the young emperor on his back, jumped into the sea to commit suicide, and the dynasty was finished.
		This suggests that some of the sunken ships may be buried in land but others may remain at the bottom of the lake, said Yu Weichao, a prominent archaeologist.
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