# Kublai Khan's death is a Yuan event, not Polo's act; the book still names the court

Date: 1294

## The fact

Kublai Khan died in 1294. This catalog does not treat that death as [Marco Polo](/people/marco-polo)'s act or office. The book still names the court he claimed to have seen. Marco Polo's documented role is: He did not cause or inherit the khan's death. The Fact refuses a false causal link.

## Context

Yuan succession is a Mongol file. Sharing it with the Yuan elite, not with Polo, is required. The setting of Kublai Khan's death is a Yuan event, not Polo's act; the book still names the court is the public file around 1294-01-01. Shared offices, unnamed crews, printers, or later editors may appear without becoming this instrument. Driver [democratic-resilience](/drivers/democratic-resilience) is attached because the significance names a mechanism from this act, not because a standing list needed coverage.

Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. Do not make Polo a khan. Mixed effects of Kublai Khan's death is a Yuan event, not Polo's act; the book still names the court are separate paths.

## Evidence and sources

Britannica independently dates Kublai's death. Official carrier: Britannica — Kublai Khan, death 1294 (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Marco-Polo; Encyclopaedia Britannica). Independent carrier: Silk Road Seattle — Yuan succession context (https://depts.washington.edu/silkroad/; University of Washington Silk Road Seattle).

Official or archival record: Britannica — Kublai Khan, death 1294 (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Marco-Polo; Encyclopaedia Britannica).

## Significance

Worsening (misassignment-blocked) path of low weight. Complex. High confidence he was not the successor. The welfare reading on this path is worsening.

The attached driver is democratic-resilience. The welfare reading used in this dossier is worsening. That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself.

## What is established and what is not

Established: Kublai died 1294; Polo is not the khan. Not established: Polo's exact location that year. Established: a sourced public record of Kublai Khan's death is a Yuan event, not Polo's act; the book still names the court under 1294-01-01.

Shared responsibility is part of Kublai Khan's death is a Yuan event, not Polo's act; the book still names the court. Naming Marco Polo does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from 1294-01-01 to any measured indicator is not treated as zero. Alternative explanations — weather, other armies, later statutes, or independent cultural change — remain live where the sources do not close them.

If a number is not in the two records named above, it is not supplied here.

Later competitions, monuments, translations, UNESCO listings, museums, and adaptations are not converted into extra lifetime acts.

## People

- Marco Polo: https://factrail.ai/people/marco-polo

## Drivers

- Democratic Resilience: https://factrail.ai/drivers/democratic-resilience

## Sources

- https://www.britannica.com/biography/Marco-Polo
- https://depts.washington.edu/silkroad/

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/mp-kublai-death-not-his