The Mongols
by Morgan, DavidEdition: 2nd
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2007-06-25
Publisher(s): Wiley-Blackwell
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Summary
The revised second edition of this highly praised introduction to the Mongol Empire takes account of recent scholarship in the field. Provides an overview of the government, religion, and politics of the Mongolian Empire Considers the effects of Mongol military campaigns on other countries and peoples in China, Russia, Persia and Europe Assesses the astonishing military career of Chingiz (Genghis) Khan Now includes a new epilogue assessing the contribution of recent scholarship to our understanding of the Mongols' history Well-illustrated by maps and photographs throughout
Author Biography
David Morgan is Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He was previously Reader in the History of the Middle East at SOAS, London.
Table of Contents
| List of Maps and Illustrations | |
| Preface to the Second Edition | |
| Preface to the Paperback Edition | |
| Preface to the First Edition | |
| Maps | |
| Introduction | |
| The Study of Mongol History | |
| The Secret History of the Mongols | |
| Chinese Sources | |
| Persian Sources | |
| European Sources | |
| Modern Studies | |
| Nomads of the Steppe: Asia before Chingiz Khan | |
| Steppe Society | |
| Mongol Religious Beliefs | |
| The Mongols' Steppe Predecessors | |
| Asia at the Beginning of the Thirteenth Century | |
| Chingiz KhA?n and the Founding of the Mongol Empire | |
| Chingiz KhA?n's Rise to Power | |
| Chingiz KhA?n's Campaigns of Conquest | |
| The Effects of the Mongol Conquests | |
| Nature and Institutions of the Mongol Empire | |
| The Mongol Army | |
| Law | |
| Taxation | |
| Communications | |
| The Mongol Approach to Government | |
| The Mongols in China | |
| Chingiz KhA?n's Successors | |
| The Reign of Qubilai | |
| The Mongols and Buddhism | |
| Mongol Rule in China | |
| The Decline of Y8an Power | |
| Expansion to the West: The Mongols in Russia and Persia | |
| The Invasion of Russia and Eastern Europe | |
| The Golden Horde | |
| The Mongols and the Middle East | |
| Hulegu's Expedition | |
| The Ilkhans of Persia | |
| Ghazan and Reform | |
| The Last A?lkhA?ns | |
| The Mongols and Europe | |
| Europe and Asia | |
| The First Direct Contacts | |
| The Ilkhans and Western Christendom | |
| Eastern Images of Europe | |
| The Mongol Legacy | |
| What Became of the Mongols? | |
| The Mongol Empire since 1985 | |
| Sources | |
| Studies | |
| References | |
| Supplementary Bibliography | |
| Chronology of Events | |
| Dynastic Tables | |
| The Great Khans | |
| Y8an Emperors of China | |
| Khans of the Golden Horde | |
| Ilkhans of Persia | |
| Index | |
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