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.
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