Historians have long searched for evidence of the typhoons legend says devastated the invading Yuan forces. Recent geological research has turned up hints of violent storms along the Kyūshū coast ...

Kublai Khan’s invasion of Java did not fail because the Mongols were weak — it failed because they walked into a political ...

When Kublai Khan founded the Chinese Yuan Dynasty in 1271, the vast Mongol Empire already stretched across Asia and into parts of Europe. Kublai, who was keen to secure Japan’s support in his campaign ...