His posthumous name was Emperor Shengde Shengong Wenwu. He rebuilt the Grand Canal and introduced paper currency, and he attempted two invasions of Japan but both failed due to storms and samurai (*) resistance.
His posthumous name was Emperor Shengde Shengong Wenwu. He rebuilt the Grand Canal and introduced paper currency, and he attempted two invasions of Japan but both failed due to storms and samurai (*) resistance. In 1279 he unified the country he ruled after crushing the southern Song dynasty. His capital was at Beijing although it may have been the summer capital, Shangdu, that Marco Polo saw. FTP, identify this first Yuan Emperor, grandson of Genghis Khan.
His posthumous name was Emperor Shengde Shengong Wenwu. He rebuilt the Grand Canal and introduced paper currency, and he attempted two invasions of Japan but both failed due to storms and samurai (*) resistance.
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