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Korea and the Fall of the Mongol Empire

, 2022
Korea and the Fall of the Mongol Empire explores the experiences of the enigmatic and controversial King Gongmin of Goryeo, Wang Gi, as he navigated the upheavals of the mid-fourteenth century, including the collapse of the Mongol Empire and the rise of ...
D. Robinson
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Samalas and the Fall of the Mongol Empire:  A volcanic eruption’s influence on the dissolution of history’s largest contiguous empire

, 2021
Climate responses to major tropical volcanic eruptions bring about complex social effects with lasting historical consequences. Based on several historical episodes, we establish an argument that the weather-altering eruption of Samalas (1257), which ...
Z. Kern   +3 more
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Chinggis Khan Defeated: Plano Carpini, Jūzjānī and the Symbolic Origins of the Mongol Empire

Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, 2021
This article aims to clarify an obscure passage in Plano Carpini's text, and subsequently in C. de Bridia's one, referring to a crushing defeat of Chinggis Khan, which has so far not been identified with certainty. The record of such a defeat is found in
S. Berger
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EMPIRIC RISK FIGURES IN MONGOLISM

Journal of the American Medical Association, 1950
Knowledge of the etiology of mongolism is still deficient. The main point of controversy seems to be whether genetic factors have any significance. Penrose1and Hanhart2are of the opinion that they do. Benda3denies that heredity has anything to do with mongolism. We are of the opinion that genotypic factors, inherent in the embryo, play some yet obscure
J A, BOOK, S C, REED
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Disenchanting Heaven: Interfaith Debate, Sacral Kingship, and Conversion to Islam in the Mongol Empire, 1260–1335*

, 2021
Historians examine the Mongol practice of holding interfaith court debates either with regard to the efforts of religious representatives to convert the khans, or as emblematic of the Mongols’ religious pluralism.
J. Brack
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The Mongol Empire

2016
Covering the rise and fall of the Mongol Empire, this essential reference presents the figures, places, and events that led this once-beleaguered region to rise up to become the largest contiguous empire in history. In the 13th century, Chinggis Khan rose to power, leading an empire of a million people and defeating surrounding regions with much ...
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Political Fragmentation of the Mongol Empire: Islam, Diplomacy, and Power Rivalries in the Middle East1260-1266 AD

Journal of Islamic Civilization and Culture Review
This article discusses how the rivalry between Berke and Hulagu Khan in 1260-1266 reflects the complex dynamics of power, religion and diplomacy in the Mongol Empire. Berke Khan, the Muslim leader of the Golden Horde, challenged Hulagu Khan's superiority
Anggi Supriyadi, Idris Ahmad Rifai
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The Special Status of ‘Solongos’ in the Worldview of the Medieval Mongol Empire : Focusing on the Story of “The Legend of Argasun Khuurchi (Аргусан хуурчийн(хорчийн) домог)”

The Korean Association for Mongolian Studies
This study examines the symbolic and political status of the eastern ethnic group Solongos (Солонгос) within the cosmological worldview of the Mongol Empire, known as ТАВАН ӨНГӨ ДӨРВӨН ХАРЬ ЕСӨН ИХ УЛС (“Five Colors, Four Foreigners, Nine Great Nations”).
Suna Lee Suna Lee
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The Cambridge History of the Mongol Empire and the State of the Field: A Review Article

Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae
This review article examines The Cambridge History of the Mongol Empire (CHME), a landmark two-volume work that synthesises recent scholarship on Mongol Eurasia.
Márton Vér
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The Mongol Empire and the Unification of Eurasia

The Oxford World History of Empire, 2021
The Mongolian polity was the greatest pre-industrial empire, and second in the world history after the British Empire. It was established by the out-of-nowhere people of pastoral nomads.
N. Kradin
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