#180 - Yuan 5: Dismounting the Horse to Sit the Dragon




The History of China show

Summary: While his armies have been keeping busy in every direction on both offense and defense, Emperor Khubilai had been hard at work re-organizing the mess his family made in China and reformatting it into a stable, lawful Yuan Dynasty. And Grandpa Genghis was right: it's was a *lot* more work to run an empire, than to conquer one... Period Covered: ca. 1261-1290 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices