Pax Mongolica: Genghis Khan & Kublai Khan
Conflicted: A History Podcast
The Great Khan of the Mongols
Marco polo, the famous world traveller and pool game enthusiast, left venice when he was just a tean ager. But his journeys the heart of the mongol empire at its peak have been a treasure box of information about what life was like under the pax mongolica. While marco polo was packing his bags four thousand miles away, kublai khan ruled a vast empire from his capital at bay jing - which at the time was called kambulak. Kublai had never ever expected to be crowned the great khan of themongols. He'd met his famous grandfather as a nine year old boy and stared in
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