Kublai khan

Scientists are hoping to be able to recreate a complete Yuan Dynasty vessel after the discovery of a 36ft-long section of keel just below the seabed off Nagasaki.

Traditionally all people beyond the Great Wall were barbarians to the Chinese, but some invaders were welcomed eventually - one was Kublai Khan.

Traditionally all people beyond the Great Wall were barbarians to the Chinese, but some invaders were welcomed eventually - one was Kublai Khan.

Mongolians carefully maintain knowledge of their genealogies, which can stretch back to ancient times. Accounts of the descent of their relatives and children help to define families as a unique social unit and as a site for a process of biological and social inheritance. That is why they carefully examine the genealogical and intellectual character of those who would become husbands and wives.

The great Nepali artist Araniko active in the 13th-century court of Kublai Khan (statue at Beijing Miaoying Temple)

The beard is mightier than the sword.

Talking with the costume designer behind the looks in Netflix's "Marco Polo."

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