Example sentences for: kublai

How can you use “kublai” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Today’s Beijing would seem to have little in common with the Beihai lakeshore of Kublai Khan and Marco Polo, the Forbidden City of the Ming, the Summer Palace of the Qing, the Temple of Confucius, or even the patriotic tomb of Chairman Mao.

  • This mosque, originally constructed in the year 996, is Chinese in style but contains a six-sided astronomical tower, a bathhouse, an Islamic prayer hall facing Mecca, a minaret for calling the faithful to prayer, and tombs of Moslem leaders dating to the time of Kublai Khan.

  • The island’s next important historical encounter was with the Mongols under Kublai Khan, when Kyushu was the target of abortive assaults in 1274 and 1281.

  • With the death of Kublai Khan (in 1294, at age 80), the Mongols started to lose their grip on China.

  • Built in 1306, the complex was long part of the Imperial College (Guozi Jian), and its courtyards teem with scores of carved stone tablets honoring students who passed the nationwide civil service examinations from the time of Kublai Khan.


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