Kublai Khan welcomed Marco and his father.

元世祖欢迎马可·波罗和他父亲来中国。

Kublai Khan would even go to war with his own brother, Ariq Boke.

忽必烈甚至和他自己兄弟阿里不哥开战。

At that time, China was ruled by the Yuan Dynasty Emperor, Kublai Khan.

那时，统治中国元朝元世祖忽必烈。

When it was finally over, there was no-one left to oppose Kublai Khan.

当战争最后结束时，已经没有人可以反对忽必烈了。

The other was Kublai Khan, the Mongol warrior, who felt his life should be taken up with conquest.

另一个蒙古勇士忽必烈，他觉得他一生应该被征服所占据。

Kublai Khan finally died on February 18, 1294. His body was buried in a secret place somewhere in Mongolia.

忽必烈最后死于1294年2月18日。他尸体被埋在蒙古某个秘密地方。

Kublai Khan also expanded the empire in the west into Europe, up to the Danube River in modern-day Bulgaria.

忽必烈还将帝国从西部扩展到欧洲，一直延伸到多，就今天保加利亚。

An Italian explorer named Marco Polo wrote down the history of the Mongolian Empire while living amongst Kublai Khan's royal court.

一位名叫马可波罗意大利探险家在忽必烈皇家宫廷中写下了蒙古帝国历史。

Kublai Khan, the grandson of Genghis Khan, conquered the rest of China in 1275 and caused the collapse of the Chinese Song Dynasty.

忽必烈，成吉思汗孙子，于 1275 年征服了中国其他地区，导致了中国宋朝崩溃。

So the Mongols, Kublai Khan, in the mid 1200s, reigned over the largest empire in history up to that point, and he had a problem.

蒙古人忽必烈在 1200 年代中期统治着当时最大帝国，而他遇到了一个问题。

His grandson Kublai Khan became the ruler of Mongolia in the year 1260, and his brothers and cousins held positions of power all over the empire.

他孙子忽必烈在 1260 年成为蒙古统治者，他兄弟和堂兄弟在整个帝国都拥有权力。

Kublai Khan liked Marco because he was smart and amusing.

忽必烈喜欢马可， 因为他聪明又风趣。

And another of Genghis’ grandsons, Kublai Khan, conquered the Song Dynasty in China in 1279.

成吉思汗另一个孙子忽必烈于 1279 年征服了中国宋朝。

Unfortunately for Kublai Khan, he was not as feared as his great-grandfather had once been, and Mongolia would eventually begin to break off into civil wars.

不幸，忽必烈不像他祖父那样令人恐惧，蒙古最终开始爆发内战。

The great Kublai Khan had also died.

伟大忽必烈死了。

It seemed that Marco had a bright future working for Kublai Khan.

看来马可为忽必烈效力前途一片光明。

In the aftermath, the Mongols retreated back to the steppe, never again playing an important part in history. But the same can't be said of Kublai Khan.

之后蒙古人撤退到草原，再没有在历史上扮演过重要角色，这么说不包括忽必烈。

Then in 1265, Hulagu sent some messengers to China to visit his brother, Kublai Khan.

然后在 1265 年， 旭烈兀派了一些使者到中国去拜访他兄弟忽必烈。

After three and a half years of traveling, Marco finally met Kublai Khan.

经过三年半旅行， 马可终于见到了忽必烈。

Kublai Khan did everything in a big way.

忽必烈做什么事都做得很大方。