On this day the Mongol Emperor Kublai Khan, who reigned from 1260 to 1294 over one fifth of the world’s inhabited area, renamed his empire the ‘Great Yuan’, marking the start of the Yuan Dynasty of China. Just eight years later, in 1279, the Yuan conquest of the previous Song dynasty was completed and Kublai became the first foreign conqueror to rule all of China. His dynasty, the ‘Great Yuan’ lasted until 1368.
In Xanadu did Kublai khan A stately pleasure- dome decree: NOT BAD FOR AN OPIUM ADDICT
I’m not sure what you are referencing here, Carla. Are you talking about the film ‘Xanadu’?
S.t COLERIDGE , whom I heartily love, wrote a beautiful poem waking up after a dream opium induced.. The poem is mysterious , enchanting, evocative
What’s the name of the poem?
induced by opium.. he admitted to having taken opium to check an attack of dysentery ( not very romantic!!)..In reality he took opium all his life …