Kublai Khan
Хубилай хаан
Great Khan · Emperor of the Yuan dynasty
1215 – 1294
Biography
Second son of Tolui, founder of the Yuan dynasty, and the last Great Khan whose authority extended (at least nominally) over the whole Mongol world. He completed the conquest of Song China in 1279, becoming the first non-Han emperor of a unified China. Built a new capital at Khanbaliq — modern Beijing — patronized Tibetan Buddhism, hosted Marco Polo, and twice attempted invasions of Japan that were destroyed by typhoons the Japanese remembered as the Divine Wind.
Events
Kublai Khan proclaimed the Yuan dynasty on 18 December 1271, adopting a Chinese-style reign name and presenting his Mongol regime to his subjects as the legitimate successor to the Chinese imperial tradition. The Southern Song dynasty held out for another eight years before its final collapse at Yamen, completing the first foreign conquest of all China.
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