A brief history of Khubilai Khan
INITIAL_TITLE_SRCH:
A brief history of Khubilai Khan
AUTHOR:
Clements, Jonathan, 1971-
ISBN:
9781849013376
PUBLICATION_INFO:
London : Robinson, 2010.
PHYSICAL_DESC:
274 p. : ill., maps ; 20 cm
ABSTRACT:
His grandfather was the bloodthirsty Mongol leader Genghis Khan, his mother a Christian princess. Groomed from childhood for a position of authority, Khubilai snatched the position of Great Khan, becoming the overlord of a Mongol federation that stretched from the Balkans to the Korean coastline.
PERSONAL_SUBJECT:
SUBJECT:
| Mongols -- Kings and rulers -- Biography. |
| Mongols -- History -- To 1500. |
| China -- Kings and rulers -- Biography. |
| China -- History -- Yüan dynasty, 1260-1368. |
| Kublai Khan, 1216-1294. |
BIBSUMMARY:
His grandfather was the bloodthirsty Mongol leader Genghis Khan, his mother a Christian princess. Groomed from childhood for a position of authority, Khubilai snatched the position of Great Khan, becoming the overlord of a Mongol federation that stretched from the Balkans to the Korean coastline.