Kubla Khan Research Paper

Kublai Khan- The Khan of all Khans

Kublai Khan, the grandson of the great Genghis Khan, was a Mongolian leader in the middle to late 13 hundreds. Kublai Khan worked his entire life enlarging the already vast Mongol Empire his grandfather had created. By 1260, Kublai, aged 45, had assumed the role of the Khan, that is, the Khan who ruled all other Khans. Following in the footsteps of Genghis, he fought, eventually conquered China, and ousted the Song dynasty. The new dynasty he created was named the Yuan, or Mongol dynasty. After setting up his capital in modern day Beijing, the Khan opened up his borders to all, and surrounded himself with bright and trustworthy people, regardless of religion, race, or origin; furthermore he separated

Muslims, christians, turks, Buddhist monks, confucian scholars all congregated as advisors for Kublai. reformed the government to make it’s administration more effective. Kublai used the government organization that had been established by the previous Jin and Song Empires, but to reform a culture of corruption in those government structures he replaced all the officials with foreigners. He reformed the government to make it’s administration more effective. Kublai used the government organization that had been established by the previous Jin and Song Empires, but to reform a culture of corruption in those government structures he replaced all the officials with foreigners.Those whose ideas were put into action received rewards, while advisors whose ideas had been rejected were not punished. As long as people regarded him as the Khan and ruler, Kublai allowed them to practice any religion. The one group not allowed to hold office in Kublai's courts were the Southern Chinese, who ironically many Mongols called barbarians. This allowed for adventurers to fill the roles of many high ranking positions, and unfortunately sometimes these men would use this to only further their own wealth. Despite this, Kublai always remained open to foreigners. The tolerance displayed by Kublai was obviously very rare in a time where it was common place for a war to be started because of religious differences. Kublai's tolerance greatly affected Mongolian culture, it improved the Mongol way of life and ensured that the Mongols stayed in power by breaking up the