The Rise and Fall of the Song Dynasty

Gao Zong was aggressive in the modernization of the nation's maritime endeavors. He improved harbors, widened canals and encouraged his people to study other cultures such as the Arabs. Chinese goods would begin to flow throughout the Indian Ocean; financial capital came into the country. By 1279, Kublai Khan had established a Mongol realm in China, the Yuan dynasty. Zhu Yuan Zhang would defeat the Mongols,. In 1368 he would establish the Ming dynasty, Ming means enlightened or bright.