A Brief History of Khubilai Khan
- ISBN-10
- 0762439874
- ISBN-13
- 9780762439874
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 274
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2010
- Publisher
- Running PressBook Pub
- Author
- Jonathan Clements
Description
Relates the life of the Mongol leader and emperor of China who ruled at the time of Marco Polo, and describes how the grandson of Genghis Khan helped change nomadic warriors into rulers of a sedentary empire.
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