Kublai Khan Takes Over

Kublai Khan Takes Over

By: Molly Munger

Chinese Globe

August 5, 1279

         Hangzhou- Kublai Khan takes over his grandfather’s job. Kublai Khan’s grandfather Chinggis Qan had died and Kublai Khan was ordered to take Chinggis Qan’s job as being a leader. His grandfather, Chinggis Qan had died from old age and soon after his death the Southern Song had fell in 1279.

         Kublai Khan’s brother, the Great Khan Mongke, sadly wasn’t chosen to be leader. He told us, “ I think that my brother will make a great leader, just like our grandfather.” The famous traveler Marco Polo told us, “ I can say that he could make a good leader, but with all my traveling I know he will be a good leader an I hope to develop a good partnership.”

         Ming Rong, a villager who lives under Kublai Khan’s rule told us, “ Kublai Khan is not a nice man. I didn’t  trust his grandfather and I won’t trust him! He will ruin everything that the other villagers and I have worked our entire lives to have. I am not going to let him ruin our people!”

         Kublai Khan was born on February 18, 1215. He was the second son of Tolui and Sorghantan Beki and the grandson of Genghis Khan. He had claimed the title Khagan of the Mongol Empire in the year 1260. In 1264, he had won the battle against Ariq Boke. In 1271 he had established the Yuan Dynasty, which he could rule over present day Mongolia and China as the Emperor of China. In 1279 Kublai Khan became the first non-Chinese Emperor who conquered all of China. Kublai Khan will become a great leader.