Kublai Khan Coloring Page

Kublai Khan was a grandson of Genghis Khan, and he became ruler of the Mongol Empire in 1260. In 1271 he named his dynasty the Yuan, and he made the city we now call Beijing his capital. He was the first non-Chinese ruler to control all of China.

His summer palace at Xanadu inspired the poem “Kubla Khan” by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Marco Polo wrote that he served at Kublai’s court and was amazed by the paper money used there.