Why were the rulers of the Yuan dynasty motivated to create public works

If a person lived through the conquest of Kublai Khan, they would live to see massive public works programs. These include building and repairing of roads and the construction of a great canal system in China. Kublai Khan also constructed fabulous palaces.

Britain and its empire stood alone against hitler and mussolini. in june 1941, hitler broke the non-aggression agreement with stalin and germany invaded the soviet union. in december, japan attacked the us and britain. the main lines of world war ii had formed.