Kublai Khan

Marco Polo was one of the motivated travelers. Marco Polo was an Italian explorer who journeyed across Asia and through the Mongol Empire. He traveled on the Silk Road and when he reached China, he entered the house of the Mongol ruler, Kublai Khan. Kublai Khan sent Marco Polo on trips to help manage his kingdom. The spirit of maritime enterprise and adventure, along with the interest in geographical discovery, which was well known in the 15th century, inspired the voyages of Columbus, Vasco da…

China saw amazing and global impacting developments between 600 and 1600 CE. A big reason for this was because of the Song, the Mongols, and the Ming voyages. While China was under rule of these dynasties and “barbarians”, China was able to develop itself and also see changes in how it interacted with the rest of the world. China’s “Golden Age” began with the Tang Dynasty in in 618 CE and continued under the Song Dynasty from 960-1279 CE (1). During the Song dynasty, China experienced…

The Mongolian, in 1200 to 1300 a group of people “mongols” leads by Genghis Khan invaded a lot of places. China and Russia was some of the country or empire they have invaded. Marco polo, a Venetian merchant, explorer, and writer that traveled china along on the silk road. He was the governor of a great Chinese city, to the tax inspector in Yaznhou, and to an official seat on the Khan's Privy Council. He worked for Kublai Khan for 17 years then he return home. Mongol affected Russia and China in…

The impact of the Silk Road upon European and Asian civilizations was immense. Resulting in cultural diffusion on a massive scale the Silk Road provided a conduit for the migration of foreign ideals, philosophies, and religions. Along with this wealth of information came the silk and spice trades, the founding products that led to the original creation and prosperity of the Silk Road. Together these two basic principles of wealth and a lust for knowledge drove the forces that changed European…

It is not sufficient that I succeed. Everyone else must fail,” these are the words of Genghis Khan, the first brutal leader of the Mongol empire. The Mongols were a nomadic group of tribes who became leaders of an empire. Their first ruler, Genghis Khan, united them before conquering much of Asia. This conquest was possible due to the Mongols' brutal but effective army. Genghis Khan’s grandson, Kublai Khan, conquered southern China, adding to the Mongols’ already expansive empire. The Mongols…

invade China. It started in the 13th century and lasted for 6 decades. The Mongol leader Genghis Khan, advanced from humble beginnings to form the largest land empire in history. He united the nomadic tribes of Mongolian plateau and conquered huge parts of Central Asia and China. It involved the defeat of the Jin Dynasty, Western Xia, Dali Kingdom and the Southern Song. By 1279 Mongol leader Kublai Khan, Genghis Khan’s grandson, established Yuan Dynasty and crushed the last Song. This marked all…

Arriving in Khan's court in 1275, Polo quickly became a trusted confidant and emissary. Khan, impressed by Polo's intellect and keen observations, entrusted him with various diplomatic missions and administrative duties. Polo's firsthand experiences in the Mongol Empire provided him with unparalleled insights into the culture, politics, and…

Genghis Khan in 1206 [also referred to as Chinggis Khan]. It stretched from China to the east to as far as current day Iraq to the west (Brent, 1976). Genghis Khan successfully unified the Turkic and Mongol tribes; through conquests of the neighboring sedentary and nomadic tribes and empires, he was able to expand his empire. He started with the Western Xia Empire in North China…

Coleridge's Kubla Khan can be called a dream on a paper and rightfully so, for it is so hauntingly beautiful and so accurately composed as only a fragment of a vivid but forgotten dream can be.A major section of the poem is written in iambic tetrameter, with the words flowing as smooth as an incantation from the mouth of a sorcerer. It is, along with Rime of The Ancient Mariner, one of Coleridge's most famous and enduring pieces of work. The first three stanzas, penned in rich language, possess…

this transformation known as the “Highest Purity Movement.” During the Tang and the Song Dynasty, Taoism continued to flourish, but after the fall of the Song Dynasty, Taoism became oppressed. Soon, another disaster struck during the Yuan Dynasty. Kublai Khan order all Taoist books to be seized and burn, with the exception of the Tao Te Ching and other Taoist books relating to medicine, pharmacy, and science. In 1949, the communist party took over China and banned all religions. The Nationalist…