Emperor of the Seas : Kublai Khan and the Making of China by Jack Weatherford

Emperor of the Seas : Kublai Khan and the Making of China by Jack WeatherfordControl the sea, and you control everything a gripping tale of naval warfare, dynastic rivalry, and technical innovation, from the author of the classic work Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World. Genghis Khan built a formidable land empire, but he never crossed the sea. Yet by the time his grandson Kublai Khan had defeated the last vestiges of the Song empire and established the Yuan dynasty in 1279, the Mongols controlled the most powerful

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