The Nestorian monk Rabban Sauma was sent as a diplomat to Christian Europe by this ruler who made paper money called "chao" the currency of his nation.
The Nestorian monk Rabban Sauma was sent as a diplomat to Christian Europe by this ruler who made paper money called "chao" the currency of his nation. He was elected by a kuriltai held at Shang-Tu, which allowed him to preempt his brother, Ariq Boke. He and his brother Mongke thrice tried to invade Vietnam, and after victories at Xianyang and Fencheng, this man conquered the Southern Song and declared himself the ruler of the Yuan Dynasty. For 10 points, name this Mongol ruler visited by Marco Polo, the grandson of Genghis.
The Nestorian monk Rabban Sauma was sent as a diplomat to Christian Europe by this ruler who made paper money called "chao" the currency of his nation.
Kublai Khan [or Khubilai Khan; prompt on “Khan”; do not accept “Genghis Khan”]