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=== Early history === | === Early history === | ||
[[File:Mighty Kublai Khan.jpg|thumb|left|Kublai Khan. ([[TV]]: ''[[Marco Polo (TV story)|Marco Polo]]'')]] | [[File:Mighty Kublai Khan.jpg|thumb|left|Kublai Khan. ([[TV]]: ''[[Marco Polo (TV story)|Marco Polo]]'')]] | ||
The [[Great Horse of Asia]] was [[worshipped]] by the [[Trojan]]s. Exploiting this, the [[Greek]]s constructed and presented a large [[wood]]en horse, which would become known as the [[Trojan Horse]], which the Trojans accepted within their [[city]] [[wall]]s, only for Greek [[soldier]]s to emerge and [[Fall of Troy|destroy the city]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Time Traveller's Almanac (reference book)}}) | |||
According to [[Barbara Wright]], the [[Mongol]]s conquered all of Asia under the rule of [[Kublai Khan]]. Indeed, in [[1289]], a [[Vizier (Marco Polo)|vizier]] introduced the [[Khan]] as the "ruler of Asia, [[India]], [[Cathay]] and other territories." While playing [[backgammon]] with the [[First Doctor]], the Khan found himself owing half of Asia to him. ([[TV]]: ''[[Marco Polo (TV story)|Marco Polo]]'') | According to [[Barbara Wright]], the [[Mongol]]s conquered all of Asia under the rule of [[Kublai Khan]]. Indeed, in [[1289]], a [[Vizier (Marco Polo)|vizier]] introduced the [[Khan]] as the "ruler of Asia, [[India]], [[Cathay]] and other territories." While playing [[backgammon]] with the [[First Doctor]], the Khan found himself owing half of Asia to him. ([[TV]]: ''[[Marco Polo (TV story)|Marco Polo]]'') | ||
