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I agree.JAPAN JAPAN I _ WE HAVE ABBpfiBB IN THE ORIENT DURING THE LATTER HALF OF THE 13TH CENTURY TO WITNESS ONE OF HISTORYS MOST INCREDIBLE MOMENTS. KUBLAI KHAN, GRANDSON OF GENGHIS KHAN, RUfcER OF THE MQNeejcJlBIBBg:, HAD CONQUERED VAST FMOTRES OF THE KNOWN WORLD. -HiS-EMPIRE NOW SPREADi FROM THE DANUBE RIVER TO THE CHINA-S-EA. SMSo*??CATerD HAVING RECENTLY SUBJECTED KOREA, HE NOW HAD HIS EYE SET ON A LAND STEEPED IN BEAUTY, TRADITION AND MYSTERY... JAPAN. THE EMPEROR RESI-BEB-IN --KYOTO . HE AND--SI5-^??UiRT~ENJOYED iU^-0PUf^HTr7OTO--T2OT^^ . THE SHOGUN, HEAD OF THE SAMURAI CLASS, p.pt?tpt?ppht>-ts hhtit? ASCETIC EXISTENCE. HIS HEADQUARTERS WERE 30Q~4)LLLEb MfeAY IN KAMAKURA. IT WAS HE WHO ACTUALLY GOVERENED JAPAN. JAPAN II KUBLAI KHAN SENT AN ENVOY TO JAPAN DEMANDING THAT THEY SURRENDER UNCONDITIONALLY OR SUFFER THE RAVAGES OF WAR AND THE HUMILIATION OF DEFEAT. THE EMPERIOR, TRYING TO AVOID A CONFRONTATION, WAS WILLING TO NEGOTIATE A COMPROMISE. THE SHOGUN, HOWEVER, CONSIDERED ANY FORM OF SURRENDER UNTHINKABLE. AWAITING THE RETURN OF HIS ENVOY TO CHINA, THE MONGOL RULER ENDULGED IN HIS FAVOURITE RETREAT, THE FABLED PLEASURE DOME OF KUBLAI KHAN. HIS CONCUBINES, HJWCJitG' GATHERED FROM MANY LANDS, WERE CONSIDERED TO BE THE MOST BEAUTIFUL IN THE WORLD. .2/- /