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Showing posts with label Kublai Khan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kublai Khan. Show all posts
07 September 2023

Mongolian Civil War

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The death of Möngke Khan in 1259 led to the Toluid Civil War, a fight between two of the remaining sons of Toluid over who would succeed Mön...
06 September 2023

Hulagu Khan

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Hulagu Khan was a grandson of Genghis Khan (Genghis had 43 grandchildren—known ones, that is, because he slept with a lot  of women in his l...
12 March 2022

Möngke Khan Ascends

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Möngke Khan (11 January 1209 - 11 August 1259) was the son of Tolui (c.1190 - c.1232), the youngest son of Genghis Khan. Möngke had been suc...
16 October 2014

The Tolerant Khan

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There were many Khans in the Mongol Empire, but none quite like Tëmur. Tëmur was a grandson of Kublai Khan, born on 15 October, 1265; his...
04 September 2014

Mamluks & Mongols

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[ source ] The Mongols were expanding westward. Under Genghis Khan they had taken a huge chunk out of Asia, from what is now the Koreas...
11 August 2014

Möngke Khan

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Among the western Europeans who traveled eastward and wrote of the wonders of "The Orient," we have mentioned William Rubruck  ...
18 February 2014

Kublai Khan

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Today is the anniversary of the death of Kublai Khan (1215 - 1294), grandson of Genghis Khan . During his 34-year reign (he was crowned on...
10 January 2013

Gregory X

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Today is the anniversary of the death of Pope Gregory X. He has already been mentioned in Daily Medieval, but let's take a closer look a...
15 September 2012

Marco! Polo!

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Today is the 758th anniversary (according to tradition) of the birth of Marco Polo (1254-1324). Son of a wealthy Venetian merchant who tra...