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Samurai and Mongols: How a Medieval Samurai Became Chinggis Khan

Journal of World History, 2023
Abstract: In 1924, Oyabe Zen’ichirō (1867–1941), an amateur historian, published a small book, Chinggis Khan was Minamoto no Yoshitsune (Jingisu Kan wa Minamoto no Yoshitsune nari), which revived the old tale of the medieval samurai Yoshitsune’s escape to the territory of present Mongolia, where after unifying the Mongolian tribes he took the name of ...
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Chinggis Khan in the Identity Practices of Modern Buryats

Inner Asia, 2006
AbstractIn the identity discourse of Post Soviet Buryatia the modelling of ethnic boundaries has priority, and the ethnic marker ‘Buryat’ is increasingly replaced by the wider marker ‘Buryat- Mongol.’ In this way a revitalised historical memory allows the synonymising of ethnicity and political identity.
Tatyana D. Skrynnikova, Darima D. Amogolonova   +1 more
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Incense Offering to the Lord Chinggis Khan

2020
Abstract This chapter translates two liturgies representative of one of the great transmutations of Inner Asian history: Chinggis Khan’s transition from brilliant conqueror to wrathful manifestation of a Buddha. As wrathful Buddha, Chinggis Khan acts as a hybrid protector—at once a Cakravartin Wheel-Turning King, a pious Buddhist laymen,
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Why do we call Chinggis Khan’s Polity “An Empire”?

Ab Imperio, 2006
SUMMARY: Приближающееся 800-летие Великого курулутая, положившего начало державе Чингисхана, многократно усилило общественный и научный интерес к этому историческому деятелю и созданному им великому государству. Однако при этом сам аналитический язык, используемый для описания этого исторического феномена, не подвергается анализу.
Nikolay Kradin, Tatyana Skrynnikova
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Attempts to Buddhicise the Cult of Chinggis Khan

Inner Asia, 1999
AbstractBuddhism and the cult of Chinggis Khan are part of the Mongolian cultural and religious heritage. Through extensive textual and historical analysis, N. Hurcha argues that the cult of Chinggis Khan instituted in the thirteenth century has survived repeated attempts of Buddhist monks to incorporate it into the Buddhist ritual and cosmology.
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The Japanese Origin of the Chinggis Khan Legends

Inner Asia, 2006
AbstractMost members of the Japanese public today, when hearing the words Mongols or Mongolia, immediately think of three different tales: 1) That the forefathers of the Japanese Imperial Family were the horsemen of the Mongolian Plateau, who came through the Korean Peninsula to conquer Japan; 2) that Chinggis Khan, the founder of the Mongol Empire ...
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Chinggis Khan on Film: Globalization, Nationalism, and Historical Revisionism

Asia-Pacific Journal, 2018
Few personalities in world history have had a more compelling personal story or a greater impact on the world than Temüjin, who rose from destitute circumstances to be crowned as Chinggis Khan in 1206 and became the founder of the world's greatest contiguous land empire. Today, eight and a half centuries after his birth, Chinggis Khan remains an object
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The Cult of Chinggis Khan (a.k.a. Genghis Khan) in Mongolia

After Chinggis Khan (a.k.a. Genghis Khan) died in 1227, an assortment of his belongings were enshrined in his wives' palace tents (sg. ordo, pl. ordos, hence the English "horde"), and according to Mongolian tradition, became the locus of his continuing worship through the last eight centuries.
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Mongolia at 800: The State and Nation Since Chinggis Khan

Inner Asia, 2006
AbstractAs we are commemorating the 800th anniversary of Temüjin’s ascent to power, we are being told that that event marked the birth of the Mongolian state, the Yeke Monggol Ulus. There can, of course, be no question that this event happened and that it marked, like the Otrar Incident a dozen years later,2 a major qualitative change in the history of
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Chinggis Khan and the Idea of World Domination

Vostok. Afro-aziatskie obshchestva: istoriia i sovremennost
The article proposes a solution to the question of Temujin/ Chinggis Khan’s plans for world domination. Based on reports of a number of medieval sources, the author comes to the conclusion that his military campaigns pursued specific goals mostly to take revenge on numerous enemies and were not a part of a common aggressive plan.
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