Summer Palace

Kublai Khan's most well-known achievement was the establishment of a magnificent summer palace at Shang-tu in northern China. Better known to us as Xanadu, Marco Polo describes it as "a huge palace of marble and other ornamental stones." There were "fully sixteen miles of parkland well watered with springs and streams and diversified with lawns." Within the parkland grazed "animals of all sorts, such as hart, stag and roebuck" which the khan kept "for recreation and sport."

Kublia Khan

He is the emperor of china during the yuan dynasty. He is the leader of the Mongols. After he died china spilt into 4 kingdoms under his sons. He lead 90 units of men with a 100 men per unit. He died in 1294.

Clothes

In the Yuan dynasty, "Zhi Sun dresses" were popular. All government officials wore them to attend feasts inside the palace. Musicians and bodyguards also wore them. This kind of clothing was worn by all classes of people, and could be made from materials of varying weight and quality. They come in lots of colors. They are very fashionable around these times.

Money

this is the money of the Yuan dynasty. It is coin that you can use as neckeless. they are money that is made from paper. The Mongol-founded Yuan dynasty (: 元, 1271–1368) also attempted to use paper currency. Unlike the Song Chinese dynasty they created a unified, national system that was not backed by silver or gold. The currency issued by the Yuan was the world's first fiat currency , known as chaos. The Yuan government attempted to prohibit all transactions in or possession of silver or gold, which had to be turned over to the government. Inflation in 1260 caused the government to replace the existing paper currency with a new paper currency in 1287, but inflation caused by undisciplined printing remained a problem for the Yuan court until the end of the Dynasty.

map of china

the red shaded in the map is the land that was conqeured by the Mongals.

art

the biggest thing in art is white and blue porcelain paint and was very valuable.

During the Yuan Dynasty, the porcelain industry continued its rapid development. Blue and white porcelain of the Tang and Song dynasties, continued to be used with further development. The blue and white porcelain was painted with a strong blue under the transparent glaze. This resulted in the color being protected by the layer of hard glaze, enabling it to be lasting and well preserved.

Jingdezhen Kilns made technical breakthroughs in the material combination and the firing temperature which enabled them to produce of large porcelain wares. During the Yuan Dynasty, under glaze-blue and the under glaze-red was used for decoration. Before the Yuan Dynasty there was very little color choice. Great advances were made in the production of colored glaze during this Dynasty.