Emperor of the Seas : Kublai Khan and the Making of China
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Genghis Khan built a formidable land empire, but he never crossed
the sea. Yet by the time his grandson Kublai Khan had defeated the
last vestiges of the Song empire and established the Yuan dynasty
in 1279, the Mongols controlled the most powerful navy in the
world. How did a nomad come to conquer China and master the sea?
Based on ten years of research and a lifetime of immersion in
Mongol culture and tradition, Emperor of the Seas brings this
little-known story vibrantly to life.Kublai Khan is one of
history’s most fascinating characters. He brought Islamic
mathematicians to his court, where they invented modern cartography
and celestial measurement. He transformed the world’s largest land
mass into a unified, diverse and economically progressive empire,
introducing paper money.And, after bitter early setbacks, he
transformed China into an outward looking sea-faring empire. By the
end of his reign, the Chinese were building and supplying
remarkable ships to transport men, grain, and weapons over vast
distances, of a size and dexterity that would be inconceivable in
Europe for hundreds of years. Khan had come to a brilliant
realization: control the sea, and you control everything.A master
storyteller with an unparalleled grasp of Mongol sources, Jack
Weatherford shows how Chinese naval hegemony changed the world
forever - revolutionizing world commerce and transforming tastes as
far away as England and France.
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