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The caliph and the falcons: a ninth‐century history from Iceland to Iraq

open access: yesEarly Medieval Europe, Volume 34, Issue 2, Page 299-322, May 2026.
In the late ninth and early tenth centuries, an extraordinary number of falcons were given to the ʿAbbāsid caliphs in Baghdad, many of which were white. Gifts from competing dynasties in the northern provinces of the Caliphate, at least some of these birds were almost certainly gyrfalcons from near the Arctic Circle.
Caitlin Ellis, Sam Ottewill‐Soulsby
wiley   +1 more source

Tamgha and the Struggle against It: On the History of Medieval Turkic-mongol Taxation System [PDF]

open access: yesЗолотоордынское обозрение, 2014
The paper deals with the Turkic-Mongol taxation institute of tamgha widely used in the Mongol Empire since the first half of the 13th century. Author characterizes the etymology of this term, its meanings, legal regulation of levy and rates, evolution of
R.Yu. Pochekaev
doaj  

Persia under Mongol domination. The effectiveness and and failings of a dual administrative system [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
International audienceThis paper points out the break of the traditionnal administrative patterns from dure Gret' Khans period to the fall of the Persian Ilkhanate in 1355. Previously, financial and secretarial offices had been handed down, to generation,
Aigle, Denise
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The Story of the Golden Horde Told by Coins (Japanese): 貨幣が語るジョチ・ウルス

open access: yesЗолотоордынское обозрение
Research objectives: This article reviews the recent book by Yasuki Shinichiro, published in Japanese under the title of 貨幣が語るジョチ・ウルス in October 2023 by Seifudo Shoten.
Atik K.
doaj   +1 more source

Buqa Chīngsāng: Protagonist of Qubilai Khan’s Unsuccessful Coup Attempt against the Hülegüid Dynasty

open access: yesBelleten, 2017
The study examines the coup attempt orchestrated by Qubilai Khan (1260–94), who desired to re-establish the ‘Yeke Mongol Ulus’ and to unify the separated Mongol khanates under the authority of the Yuan Empire.
Mustafa Uyar
doaj   +1 more source

Conceptual globalism and globalisation : an initiation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Although the use of these two terms began in the latter half of the twentieth century, they have a longer lineage. Concept economic globalism of contemporary kind can be traced back to the liberal thinking of classical economists like Adam Smith and ...
Das, Dilip K.
core  

The amazing synchronicity of the Global Development (the 1300s-1450s). An institutional approach to the globalization of the late Middle Ages [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
In a new approach to a long-ranging debate on the causes of the Late Medieval Debasement, we offer an institutional case-study of Russia and the Levant.
Badalian, Lucy, Krivorotov, Victor
core  

Politik Islam Mongolia: Mencermati Strategi Ekspansi Timur Lenk [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
This paper discusses Timur Lenk who is ambitious to dominate the world through the founding of the great Mongol Empire as a mission ever launched by the grandchildren of Genghis Khan and Hulagu Khan.
Masruri, M. H. (M)
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Annexation or Conquest? The Economics of Empire Building [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper develops an economic theory of empire building. This theory addresses the choice among three strategies that empire builders historically have used. We call these strategies Uncoerced Annexation, Coerced Annexation, and Attempted Conquest. The
Herschel I. Grossman, Juan Mendoza
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