The Rise And Success Of Kublai Khan

Kublai Khan (1215-1294), also known as "the last of the Great Khans", was a medieval Mongol conqueror and is considered to be one of the greatest Mongolian emperors. Success was in his bloodline as he was the grandson of the famous Genghis Khan who was the founder and “Great Khan,” or emperor, of the Mongol Empire, an empire that became the largest contiguous empire throughout all of history. Kublai Khan was the fifth Great Khan of the Mongol Empire, and he founded the Yuan Dynasty in China. His reign expanded from 1260 until his death in 1294. Throughout his reign, Kublai Khan gained notoriety by his remarkable leadership skills; he was a wise ruler, and his vast empire filled with nations of different heritage was able to be led successfully because Kublai Khan adapted different traditions to his own government, which challenged the previous stereotype of Mongolian rulers. Many of the rulers before him were land-hungry to the point where they became very brutal and did not care at all for their newly acquired people; however, Kublai Khan did not just gain new citizens into his empire, but he invested in them as well, which set the foundation for his great empire as he unified his conquered territories. Kublai Khan’s reign had three distinctive segments, starting with his North China victory, through the period of his Mongolian reign, and finally his establishment of the Yuan Dynasty. Throughout these segments, Kublai Khan’s success grew immensely, and his reign created a heavy mark on the world.

Kublai Khan had a strong attraction to contemporary Chinese culture since early on in his life, and he studied the culture quite a bit. This became one of the more prominent and influential components of Kublai Khan’s life. When his el...

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...blai Khan’s North China victory, to his period of his Mongolian reign, all the way until his death, he gained notoriety by his outstanding leadership and his ability to keep a state filled with different heritages under his rule successfully. His Yüan Dynasty, as well as Mongolian rule over China as a whole, made a lasting impact on China, and his lasting impact on China turned into a legacy.

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