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Kublai Khan

Kublai Khan , born Kublai and also known by the temple name Shizu , was the fifth Great Khan of the Mongol Empire from 1260 to 1294 and the founder of the Yuan Dynasty in China...

Timeline of Events

1260

5.5.1260

Kublai Khan becomes ruler of the Mongol Empire.

1271

12.18.1271

Kublai Khan renames his empire "Yuan" (元 yuán), officially marking the start of the Yuan Dynasty of Mongolia and China.

1281

8.12.1281

The Mongolian fleet of Kublai Khan is destroyed by a typhoon while approaching Japan.

1287

6.14.1287

Kublai Khan defeated the force of Nayan and other traditionalist Borjigin princes in East Mongolia and Manchuria.