HIST 10800 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Kublai Khan, List Of Nature Deities, Japanese Clans
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First 20 years of life were a struggle for survival with a dead father. Slowly rose to power as he defeated enemies, showed no mercy. How: genghis khan used organized army with subunits, he also used spies to find weaknesses, and he used cruelty and harshness against those who did not surrender. Who: grandson of genghis khan and ruler of yuan china. Khan because the other inheritors of the mongol empire had to answer to him. What: he conquered sung china and ruled in china from 1260-1294. Created the yuan dynasty and failed to conquer japan. Kublai khan took up chinese customs after conquering the sung. He tried to conquer the japanese but failed. Took in marco polo and let him work in the court. Fell apart after kublai khan"s death in 1295. What: along with his father traveled all the way to kublai khan. Served the great khan as an official, gave him detailed reports of his empire.
