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Founding Of the Yuan Dynasty

By Steven Del-Bosque

China Globe

            Kublai Khan was known to be a sporty and athletic man; he would play games at Shangdu where he and his kinsman would hunt so it would remind them of Mongolia. Kublai khan was one of the greatest Mongol emperors and founder of the Yuan dynasty.

            Mongke Khan, the fourth great khan of the Mongol empire, died in 1259 while surrounding a city in Chongqing, monke khans death left china without someone in charge and both Kublai Khan and Ariq Boge (one of Kublai Khans younger brother) wanted to be the next ruler of the Mongol empire, in the following years Kublai dueled his brother and defeated him in 1264 leaving Kublai The Ruler of Mongolia. In the early 1270s Kublai began his massive war against the southern song Dynasty. In 1271 Kublai claimed the mandate of heaven by proclaiming the new Yuan dynasty.

            Kublai Khan was the fourth son of Tule and Tule was the youngest out his brothers and sisters, Kublai khan happened to be Genghis khan’s favorite grandson, Kublai joined his father Tule, in battle as a child. As Kublai became older so did his reputation of being a great warrior, Kublai was only seventeen when his father sacrificed himself in order to cure Ogodei( a great political leader) from a very severe illness during his campaign.

            “I am the former ruler of the china from the southern song dynasty, I think what Kublai Khan has done to china has only brought suffering to the people of china”. My name is Daidu(Fake Person) and I see Kublai to be a strong, brave, and an intelligent emperor.

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Kublai Khan  a Good Leader?

Steven Del-Bosque

does Kublai khan do a good or bad job being emperor in china? is Kublai Khan going to bring the the yuan dynasty to its knees? people of china are worrying if Kublai is really doing a good job ruling china, Kublai must be dethroned.

    I think Kublai khan should be dethroned and detained dude to crimes againts china and the yuan dynasty, Kublai Khan had created a social class with 4 groups during his reign of emperor, the population was divided in to the following classes, 1#mongols, 2# immigrants from the west and some clans of Central Asia,  3# northern Chinese, 4# southerners, which included all the subject of the southern song dynasty( the dynasty before the yuan dynasty). Kublai Khan gave government Positions to Muslims and people from the west instead of his most trusted Chinese Subjects.

    on the other hand Kublai Khan might of not been a good leader but he was very successful towards himself, Kublai khan became a skilled horsemen at the age of twelve. Kublai was elected mongkes successor. Kublai was a great supporter of trade and science, and the arts, Kublai favored Buddhism but you could pick your own beliefs. Kublai khan had great war tactics, Kublai was able to conquer foreign territories and expand Mongolia.

    even though Kublai khan has succeeded in some things in his life that doesn't mean he was a fair emperor, someone that could make people feel like they are different from someone else just by saying there a different class from them self shows no feeling towards his people and only towards himself.