I want to know the answer to the following question:
How did the The Columbia Encyclopedia describe the Yuan dynasty?
All the background I'm provided with is that "The Metropolitan Museum of Art writes that the Mongol rulers of the Yuan dynasty "adopted Chinese political and cultural models; ruling from their capitals in Dadu, they assumed the role of Chinese emperors," although Tibetologist Thomas Laird dismissed the Yuan dynasty as a non-Chinese polity and plays down its Chinese characteristics.". Is that enough to answer the question?