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  • n  Mongolian emperor of China and grandson of Genghis Khan who completed his grandfather's conquest of China; he establish the Yuan dynasty and built a great capital on the site of modern Beijing where he received Marco Polo (1216-1294)
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    ADVANCE FOR WEEKEND EDITIONS AUG. 3-4 - In this June 18, 2013 photo, Shohini Kundu holds a core sample of sediment taken from Lake Ryuoo in Japan, at the University of Massachusetts geology lab in Amherst, Mass. Kundu is studying typhoons that were believed to have wiped out the Mongol Fleets, led by Kublai Khan in his attempt to take over the Island of Kyushu in the 13th century — storms that ...
    Aug. 3, 2013 - Greenwich Time
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    ADVANCE FOR WEEKEND EDITIONS AUG. 3-4 - In this June 18, 2013 photo, Shohini Kundu holds a core sample of sediment taken from Lake Ryuoo in Japan, at the University of Massachusetts geology lab in Amherst, Mass. Kundu is studying typhoons that were believed to have wiped out the Mongol Fleets, led by Kublai Khan in his attempt to take over the Island of Kyushu in the 13th century — storms that ...
    Aug. 3, 2013 - Greenwich Time

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