cover of episode #180 - Yuan 5: Dismounting the Horse to Sit the Dragon

#180 - Yuan 5: Dismounting the Horse to Sit the Dragon

2019/12/8
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The History of China

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While his armies have been keeping busy in every direction on both offense and defense, Emperor Khubilai had been hard at work re-organizing the mess his family made in China and reformatting it into a stable, lawful Yuan Dynasty. And Grandpa Genghis was right: it's was a lot more work to run an empire, than to conquer one...

Period Covered:

ca. 1261-1290

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