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  2. Kubla Khan - Wikipedia

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    Kubla Khan: or A Vision in a Dream (/ ˌkʊblə ˈkɑːn /) is a poem written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, completed in 1797 and published in 1816. It is sometimes given the subtitles "A Vision in a Dream" and "A Fragment." According to Coleridge's preface to Kubla Khan, the poem was composed one night after he experienced an opium -influenced ...

  3. Conqueror (Iggulden novel) - Wikipedia

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    526pp. Preceded by. Empire of Silver. Conqueror is the fifth and final book of the Conqueror series written by Conn Iggulden. Conqueror tells the story of Kublai Khan – portrayed as one of the world's great leaders alongside Julius Caesar, Alexander the Great, and Napoleon Bonaparte. [1] The story takes place between 1244 and 1260 AD.

  4. Person on business from Porlock - Wikipedia

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    Porlock village, Somerset, England. The "person on business from Porlock" was an unwelcome visitor to Samuel Taylor Coleridge during his composition of the poem " Kubla Khan " in 1797. Coleridge claimed to have perceived the entire course of the poem in a dream (possibly an opium -induced haze), but was interrupted by this visitor who came "on ...

  5. Crewe manuscript - Wikipedia

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    The Crewe manuscript is the only manuscript copy of Samuel Taylor Coleridge 's poem Kubla Khan. [1] It is a holograph manuscript (i.e., written in Coleridge's own hand), from some time between the poem's composition in 1797 and its publication in 1816. It presumed not to be the first draft of the poem, but rather a "fair copy" written out ...

  6. The Travels of Marco Polo - Wikipedia

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    Book Two describes China and the court of Kublai Khan. Book Three describes some of the coastal regions of the East: Japan, India, Sri Lanka, South-East Asia, and the east coast of Africa. Book Four describes some of the then-recent wars among the Mongols and some of the regions of the far north, like Russia. Polo's writings included ...

  7. Yuan dynasty - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 20 November 2024. Mongol-led dynasty of China (1271–1368) Great Yuan 大元 Dà Yuán (Chinese) ᠳᠠᠢ ᠦᠨ ᠤᠯᠤᠰ Dai Ön ulus (Mongolian) 1271–1368 Yuan dynasty (c. 1290) Status Khagan -ruled division of the Mongol Empire Conquest dynasty of Imperial China Capital Khanbaliq (now Beijing ...

  8. Military of the Yuan dynasty - Wikipedia

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    The military of the Yuan dynasty (1271–1368) were the armed forces of the Yuan dynasty, a fragment of the Mongol Empire that Kublai Khan established as a Mongol-led dynasty of China. The forces of the Yuan were based on the troops that were loyal to Kublai after the Division of the Mongol Empire in 1260. Initially, this force was a Tamma, a ...

  9. Niccolò and Maffeo Polo - Wikipedia

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    The messenger was on his way to meet Kublai Khan and decided to invite the brothers on his journey. [4] In 1266, they reached the seat of Kublai Khan, the leader of the Mongol Yuan dynasty, at Dadu (present-day Beijing). In the book, The Travels of Marco Polo, Kublai Khan officially received the Polos and sent them back with a Mongol named ...