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Humanities & Social Sciences Communications, 2020 This paper focuses on a hitherto little-known long (or “Great”) wall that stretches along 737 km from northern Inner Mongolia in China, through Siberia into northeastern Mongolia.
Gideon Shelach-Lavi +2 more
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HumanitiesThe name of Chinggis Khan and the women who contributed to the rise of his empire have long been associated with barbarism in the West. However, the rediscovery of the Secret History of the Mongols, a medieval Mongolian epic chronicle, in 1866, and its ...
Benedetta De Bonis
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Construction Status of Herat During the Period of Ögedei Khan (1229-1241)
Türkiyat MecmuasıMongols began to make a name for themselves in world history during the leadership of Chinggis Khan. They entered the Iranian geography as a result of their struggle with their biggest rival in the west, the Khwarazmshah.
Kurban Durmuşoğlu
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Geser Khan, Chinggis Khan or an Archetypal War Deity?
When the Mongols converted to Buddhism in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, they adopted equestrian deities of Central Asian origin, venerating them for bringing health, wealth, happiness, and success in war. These deities were re-contextualized within Mongol heroic culture as archetypes of valor, strength, and power.
Charleux, Isabelle
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Chinggis Khan: Ancestor, Buddha or Shaman?: On the uses and abuses of the portrait of Chinggis Khan [PDF]
, 2009 International audienceThis article explores some past and present visual images of Chinggis Khan in order to better understand how religious and lay authorities manipulated and distorted his image to make it serve ritual purposes that bolstered their ...
Charleux, Isabelle
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: Sur quelques portraits anciens et modernes de Chinggis Khan dans le monde mongol [PDF]
, 2011 From a corpus of about 30 portraits, this article presents the contemporary iconography of Chinggis Khan in Mongolia, Inner Mongolia and Buryatia. It shows that the iconographical variations reflect different identity and political stakes according to ...
Charleux, Isabelle
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, 2014 Chinggis (often spelled Genghis) Khan was an illiterate nomad who created a world empire that is still remembered today. Chinggis Khan’s later success as a world conqueror was based on his skills in organizing men in the nomadic society into which he was
Brose, Michael C.
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Чингис хаан ба Монголын нууц товчоо
Олон улс судлал, 2006 English title: Chinggis khan and the Secret History of the ...
Оюунгэрэл Л
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On the Origin of the Commander Burundai
Золотоордынское обозрение, 2021 Research objectives: This work focuses on the origins of Amir Buruldai (also recorded as Burundai). He was an eminent military leader of the Horde during the time of the Mongol conquests and an active participant in the seven-year-long Western campaign ...
Seleznev Ju.V.
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Les transformations d'un mythe d'origine L'exemple de Gengis Khan et de Tamerlan
Revue des Mondes Musulmans et de la Méditerranée, 2000 The representation of Chinggis Khan, the great conqueror and founder of a dynasty is closely related to that of the mythical hero. His life is marked by many signs, characteristic of an uncommon destiny.
Denise Aigle
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