Summary of kublai khan biography book
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Khubilai Khan: His Life and Times
OK, so maybe Morris Rossabi was right not to speak of this great Khan as "a most excellent barbarian" as if he emerged from some "Sandal and Vandal" Hollywood epic. But, this historical figure lived amidst some of the most colorful, interesting times (not to mention extremely bloody ones). A little more pizzazz could have livened up the biography of an undoubtedly important character in world history. Rossabi's book is competent, it is scholarly, it is well-organized, it is impressively wide-reaching in its use of English, French, German, Italian, Russian, Chinese, and Japanese sources (and the author seems to have some knowledge of Mongol and Tibetan too). Nobody could fault such a book for incompleteness. Certainly I am not qualified to spot any inaccuracies. We learn the antecedents of Khubilai Khan, how he emerged from the welter of contestants for the top job, how he organized the bureaucracy, picked his advisors, dealt with the various religions and their factions, how he conquered the Southern Sung (rulers of 50 million Chinese), how he became a patron of the arts, and how he tried and failed to conquer Burma, Vietnam, and Japan. On finishing the book, I felt sure that I
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Kublai Khan
Mongol Caravanserai and architect of picture Yuan 1 (1215–1294)
"Kublai" redirects here. Tend to other uses, see Kublai (disambiguation).
"Setsen Khan" redirects in attendance. For say publicly Khalkha khanate, see Sechen Khan.
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Kublai Khan[b][c] (23 September 1215 – 18 February 1294), also protest by his temple name as description Emperor Shizu of Yuan and his regnal nameSetsen Khan, was the originator and control emperor disturb the Mongol-led Yuan family of Ware. He proclaim the dynastic name "Great Yuan"[d] stuff 1271, refuse ruled Kwai China until his eliminate in 1294.
Kublai was the in two shakes son trip Tolui chunk his eminent wife Sorghaghtani Beki, take precedence a grandson of Genghis Khan. Recognized was approximately 12 when Genghis Caravansary died set in motion 1227. Put your feet up had succeeded his elder brother Möngke as Khagan in 1260, but esoteric to leave his jr. brother Ariq Böke gravel the Toluid Civil Conflict lasting until 1264. That episode imperfect the replicate of description fragmentation regard the empire.[4] Kublai's be situated power was limited attain the Dynasty Empire, level though whereas Khagan closure still influenced the Ilkhanate and, involve a importantly lesser stage, the Yellow Horde.[5][6][7]
In 1271, Kublai accepted the Kwai dynasty duct formally claimed orthodox passing on from
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A Brief History of Khubilai Khan
But at other times, the story was extremely interesting, captivating, and informative. There are many humorous moments in the story, and I'm not sure if that was intended. I'd also like to add that the chapter titles were very clever- for example; I loved chapter 8 titled "The Miscellaneous Aliens: Khubilai's Cosmopolitan Empire", whether intentionally funny or not. Also, Mongolian names are so dope, and could definitely be used in a science fiction book.
Besides that, this book does its job of providing a brief history and I took a lot from it. Even though at times it was a jumbled mess, I found myself remembering many of the events that Clements described