Kublai Khan

The Mahalo Top 7

1. Wikipedia: Kublai Khan
2. HyperHistory.net: Kublai Khan
3. University of Maryland: Mongolian Interlude
4. BBC News: History and Religion: Kulai Khan
5. Macro History: Kublai Khan in China and to Japan
6. University of Kansas: Lesson Plan: Mongol Dynasty 
7. Los Angeles County Museum of Art: The Mongols in China 

Kublai Khan Background and Profiles

First Yuan Emperor

• Wikipedia: Yuan Dynasty
• Washington State University: The Mongolian Empire: The Yuan
• Galmarley: Chinese Paper Money Under Kublai Khan 
• CUNY Brooklyn: Concise Political History of China

Patron of Buddhism

• The Silk Road Foundation: Buddhism and Its Spread Along the Silk Road
• His Holiness the Sakya Trizin: The Sakya Tradition of Tibetan Buddhism
• H. E. the Ninth Khalkha Jetsun Dhampa: Introduction to Mongolia
• A View on Buddhism: Buddhism in Tibet: Sakya

Invasion of Japan

• Wikipedia: Mongol Invasions of Japan
• Archeology: "Relics of the Kamikaze" (2003)
• Shipwreck Central: Kublai Khan’s Lost Fleet (Time 0:23)

Friend of Marco Polo

• Mahalo's Guide to Marco Polo
• Wikipedia: Marco Polo
• The Travels of Marco Polo: Kublai - Khan of all the Mongols
• EyeWitness to History: Kublai Khan In Battle, 1287
• Korcula Island: At the Court of Kublai-Khan

Kublai Khan Images and Media

• David Rumsey Historical Maps Collection: Exhibiting the Empire of Kublai Khan
• ChinaPage: Painting of Emperor Kublai Khan and his Queen
• YouTube: Marco Polo and the Great Khan (Time 2:13)
• Google Video: Kublai Khan's Lost Fleet (Time 41:38) 
• Google Image Search: Kublai Khan

Kublai Khan Books and Research

• Assyrian International News Agency: The Monks of Kublai Khan, Emperor of China (1929)
• Ewam Choden Tibetan Buddhist Center: "A Gift of Dharma to Kublai Khan" (1976)
• University of Virginia Library: Kublai Khan, or a Vision in a Dream, a Fragment 
• Barnes & Noble: Kublai Khan: His Life and Times
• Amazon.com: Kublai Khan

Kublai Khan Blogs and Message Boards

• China History Forum: Did Kublai Khan Change his Name to a Chinese Name?
• Ancient Civilization: Yuan Dynasty - The Mongol's Invasion
• The Art of the Film: Citizen Kane and Kublai Khan 

Kublai Khan Timeline

• 1215: September 23, Kublai Khan is born the son of Tolui and grandson of Genghis Khan
• 1251: His studies of Chinese culture leads him to a position as governor of the southern territories
• 1253: Kublai Khan is ordered to attack Yunnan and he successfully destroys the Kingdom of Dali
• 1257: Kublai Khan attempts his first invasion of Vietnam, getting as far as Thang Long
• 1258: Kublai Khan is placed in control of the Eastern Army by his brother, Möngke
• 1259: Möngke is killed in battle
• 1259: Kublai Khan's younger brother, Arik Boke holds a kurultai in Karakorum, becoming the Great Khan
• 1260-1263: The brothers battle each other for the title, Kublai Khan eventually wins
• 1271: Kublai Khan declares the Yuan Dynasty in China
• 1274: Kublai Khan attempts his first invasion of Japan
• 1279: The Mongol Empire is split into four Khanates
• 1281: Kublai Khan attempts his second invasion of Japan, failing mostly due to poor coordination
• 1284: Kublai Khan organizes his second invasion of Vietnam
• 1287: Kublai Khan mounts his final invasion of Vietnam
• 1294: February 18, Kublai Khan dies of gout