Kublai Khan
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After Ghengis Khan first introduced araq to Mongolia, his grandson, Kublai Khan, brought it to Korea during the Yuan Dynasty when he moved into the Korean Peninsula.
From Salon ● Dec. 5, 2021
The fourth series Netflix commissioned, Marco Polo was a fantasy epic that followed Polo’s 13th-century jaunts in the court of Kublai Khan.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 4, 2020
They sparked the imagination of merchants like Marco Polo, who made the long and dangerous trip to the realm of the great Mongol ruler Kublai Khan in 1271.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 30, 2014
Polo had learned several Asian languages in his travels, and Kublai Khan sent him to various Chinese cities on government missions.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2012
Marco Polo visited the empire of Kublai Khan in the 1280s.
From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson
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