Syria

by Egyptian Moslems, in 1281, and Acre fell to Egypt twenty years later. Kuluk, the succe or of Kublai (1294 to 1311), tolerated all religions in his empire and befriended John of Monte Corvino as archbishop of Pekin, though the latter showed no such tolerance of Nestor i ans. Buyantu, nephew of Kuluk, was a patron of Chinese literature (1311 to 1320), and rescued from destruction the ancient “stone drums” with texts of the Kau dynasty (1122 to 256 B.c.), placing them in the temple of Confucius at Pekin, where they still are. Buyantu was succeeded by his son Gegen (1320 to 1323), who was the first Mongol emperor to die by a a ination, for the family had ruled with strict justice and consideration for their subjects, though savage in the treatment of enemies.