Kublai Khan: Ruler of the Waves
History Extra | 4 December 2024 | 0h 46m | Listen Later | Podcasts | Spotify
Interview with Jack Weatherford about his book Emperor of the Seas: Kublai Khan and the Making of China. Discusses how a nomadic leader came to have a formidable navy and conquer China in the process.
See also the OutsideVoices with Mark Bidwell and dunc tank interviews with Jack Weatherford about his earlier book Genghis Khan: The Making of the Modern World.