Kublai Khan, the man who cemented Mongol rule over ... Though his early years were spent learning the art of war, his mother, Sorghaghtani Beki, had a significant influence on his life.

Jack Weatherford: What Kublai Khan lacked in military prowess was made up for in political intuition. Photos / supplied The Mongol Chinese emperor Kublai Khan was immortalised by English poet ...

the term was first applied to a force of Mother Nature that saved Japan by destroying Kublai Khan’s would-be invading fleet of Mongols twice in the thirteenth century. Fast-forward to World War ...