KHUBILAI KHAN
THE LAST GREAT RULER?
A special report by Anders Blixt
Spring - 1998, History B
Komvux, Huddinge, Sweden
Teacher: Yvonne Lennartsson
Translated between Spring 1999 to Summer 1999.
"With Heaven's aid I have conquered for you a huge empire. But my life was too
short to achieve the conquest of the world. That is left for you."
-- Chingis Khan, to his sons at his deathbed.
(The Mongol empire at its greatest extent in the year 1294 CE.)
Table of Contents:
1. Introduction
2. The early Mongolians
3. The birth of a Mongol empire
4. Succession after Chingis Khan
5. Khubilai Khan and his advisors
6. The struggle for power
7. The fight for respect
8. The Conqueror
9. Khubilai Khan on the throne
10. Conquest of Southern China
11. Emperor of China
12. Life under the rule of Khubilai Khan
13. The end of Khubilai Khan
14. The fall of the Yuan dynasty
15. Conclusion
16. Glossary
17. Sources
18. Person Gallery
