~KUBLAI KHAN~ <script> window.defaultStatus="Diary of a traveller-Kublai Khan"; </script> <img style="position: absolute; top:90; left:70" src="http:i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff309/vicshalyn/joint-kublaikhan.jpg"> <script language=JavaScript>  </script> <style type="text/css"> A:link {text-decoration:none; font:9px tahoma; color:686455; text-transform:uppercase} A:visited {text-decoration:none; font:9px tahoma; color:686455; text-transform:uppercase} A:hover {cursor:crosshair; color:b9a894; border-bottom:1px solid #b9a894} body { background-color:fffacd; cursor:vertical-text; font:9px century gothic; color:maroon; text-align:center; scrollbar-face-color:deb887; scrollbar-highlight-color:f5deb3; scrollbar-3dlight-color:f5deb3; scrollbar-shadow-color:faf7ec; scrollbar-darkshadow-color:faf7ec; scrollbar-track-color:faf7ec; scrollbar-arrow-color:8b4513} background:fffacd; padding-top:2; padding-right:3; font:15pt georgia; font-weight:bold; color:a0522d; text-align:center; text-transform:uppercase; letter-spacing:-3; line-height:10pt; border-bottom:0px solid #f29ab7} .2{ background:b0e0e6; font:10px palatino linotype; font-weight:bold; color:bebebe; text-transform:uppercase; text-align:left} .time{ font:8pt georgia; font-weight:bold; color:2f4f4f; text-align:right; text-transform:uppercase; border-bottom:2px dotted #f41f47} b{font:8pt tahoma; font-weight:bold; color:f934b1; text-transform:uppercase} u{color:a2cd3a; border-bottom:1px dashed #aeebfa; letter-spacing:-1} i{font:10px tahoma; font-style:italic; color:6cb9d5} s{font:7px small fonts; color:b2b7e2; text-transform:uppercase} </style><meta name='google-adsense-platform-account' content='ca-host-pub-1556223355139109'/> <meta name='google-adsense-platform-domain' content='blogspot.com'/> <style type="text/css">@import url(https://www.blogger.com/static/v1/v-css/navbar/3334278262-classic.css); div.b-mobile {display:none;} </style> </head><noembed><body><script type="text/javascript"> function setAttributeOnload(object, attribute, val) { if(window.addEventListener) { window.addEventListener('load', function(){ object[attribute] = val; }, false); } else { window.attachEvent('onload', function(){ object[attribute] = val; }); } } </script> <div id="navbar-iframe-container"></div> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://apis.google.com/js/platform.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> gapi.load("gapi.iframes:gapi.iframes.style.bubble", function() { if (gapi.iframes && gapi.iframes.getContext) { gapi.iframes.getContext().openChild({ url: 'https://www.blogger.com/navbar/6080290773791365201?origin\x3dhttp://diary-s-traveller.blogspot.com', where: document.getElementById("navbar-iframe-container"), id: "navbar-iframe" }); } }); </script></noembed> <div style="position:absolute; top:480; left:330; width:300; background:faf7ec" id="entry"> <div class=1>Saturday, August 18, 2007</div> <div class=2>Main Achievements</div> <p><div style="clear:both;"></div><div align="center"><strong><em><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:180%;color:#cc6600;">His Main Achievements</span></em></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;color:#cc0000;"></span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;color:#cc0000;"></span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;color:#cc0000;"></span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;color:#cc0000;"></span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:180%;color:#cc0000;"></span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:180%;color:#cc0000;"></span></strong> </div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:180%;color:#cc0000;">1. He re-unified China and was the first emperor who laid the foundation of today's territory of China.</span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;color:#ff6666;"></span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;color:#ff6666;"></span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:180%;color:#ff6666;"></span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:180%;color:#ff6666;"></span></strong> </div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:180%;color:#ff6666;">2. In terms of political reform, he gave first priority to appointing people on thier merits and seeking advice from able and worthy men. Besides, to strengthen the centralization, he established the system of provincial administrative division, named Xing Sheng, for the first time, which is still used today, although bearing great differences.</span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:180%;color:#cc0000;"></span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:180%;color:#cc0000;"></span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:180%;color:#cc0000;"></span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:180%;color:#cc0000;"></span></strong> </div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:180%;color:#cc0000;">3. In terms of economic development, he stressed agricultural development, established paper currency, reorganized and improved roads, and extended the Grand Canal all the way to his new capital in Ta-tu, what is now modren day Beijing. Kublai was the first to put in a countrywide paper currency system.</span></strong></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"></span></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:180%;color:#ff6666;"></span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:180%;color:#ff6666;"></span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:180%;color:#ff6666;"></span></strong> </div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:180%;color:#ff6666;">4. He encouraged modernization and trade with western nations, welcoming western traderslike Marco Polo. Merchants had a high status during the Yuan Period.In 1275, Marco Polo, A venetian explorer, visited Shangdu and a relationship of trust was formed between the two. Marco Polo even served the Yuan court for 20 years during his stay in China.</span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:180%;color:#cc0000;"></span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:180%;color:#cc0000;"></span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:180%;color:#cc0000;"></span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:180%;color:#cc0000;"></span></strong> </div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:180%;color:#cc0000;">5. 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