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Review: Khubilai Khan: His Life and TimesUser Review - James - GoodreadsRossabi is one of the best modern scholars of Mongolian and Chinese history, and with this book, he provides a comprehensive and well-research biography of Kublai Khan. An enjoyable read, Rossabi draws on numerous Western, Chinese and Central Asian sources to create a very readable biography. Read full review Review: Khubilai Khan: His Life and TimesUser Review - Amanda Mecke - GoodreadsMorris Rossabi is one of the best scholars of Asian and Mongolian history writing today. If you ever liked Coleridge or wondered what Marco Polo's life was really like, you'll both enjoy and learn a lot from this biography. Read full review Related booksContents
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Common terms and phrasesAhmad al-Din Alghu Arigh Boke army Asian Bayan biography Boke's Boyle brother Buddhist campaign capital Central Asia Ch'en Chabi Chaghadai Champa Chen-chin Chia Ssu-tao Chin dynasty China among Equals China under Mongol Chinese advisers Chinese sources Ching Chinggis Chinggis Khan CILCY Confucian dispatched domains early emperor envoys expedition forces foreign Hiilegii History Hsiang-yang Ibid Imperial Japan Japanese Jurchens Khaidu Khan's khanate Khara Khorum Khubilai Khan Khubilai's reign khuriltai Korean land Langlois leaders Marco Polo merchants military Mongke Mongke's Mongol empire Mongol Rule Mongolia Moule and Pelliot Muslim needed Nomukhan non-Chinese North China Notes on Marco offered officials Ogodei paintings Peking Persian Phags-pa Phags-pa lama policies political princes Rashid Ratchnevsky recruited region Rossabi ruler Sangha scholars script Shang-tu shih-chi sought South Southern Sung Successors Ta-li Ta-tu Taoists taxes Temiir temples territory Tibet Tibetan Tolui town trade traditional Uighur Wang Yao Shu Yiian-tai Yuan Dynasty Yuan shih Bibliographic information
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