Chinese History 9

The Yuan Dynasty (¿¿, 1271-1368), was the first ruling dynasty of the unified China established by a ruler from the minority (Mongolian) clan. In 1206, Genghis Khan unified various Mongolian ministries and established the Great Mongolian Empire (¿¿¿¿). In 1271, Kublai Khan established the Yuan Dynasty. The dynasty ruled China for 98 years. This was the first dynasty to declare Beijing (¿¿) as China‘s capital city. The book, Chinese History 9, a Chinese reading practice book, presents a broad and simple overview of China‘s Yuan Dynasty. The new volume, part of the Mandarin Chinese Reading Series, includes both the Chinese text (simplified characters) and pinyin. With about 900 unique Chinese characters, the volume would be suitable for the beginners, lower intermediate and advanced level Chinese language learners (HSK 1-6). Overall, the Mandarin Chinese Reading Series offers you a variety of elementary level books (Level 1/2/3) to learn Chinese culture as well as practice Chinese reading fast. The book has 10 chapters in the following order: Chapter 1: Introduction to the Yuan Dynasty (¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿) Chapter 2: Genghis Khan (¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿·¿¿¿) Chapter 3: Kublai Khan (¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿·¿¿¿) Chapter 4: Fall of the Song Dynasty (¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿) Chapter 5: Founding of the Yuan Dynasty (¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿) Chapter 6: Social Dissatisfaction (¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿) Chapter 7: Fall of the Yuan Dynasty (¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿) Chapter 8: Contribution of the Yuan Dynasty (¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿) Chapter 9: Culture and Art of the Yuan Dynasty (¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿) Chapter 10: Marco Polo (¿¿¿¿¿¿·¿¿)