In the shadow of the Mongol empire : Ming China and Eurasia /
During the thirteenth century, the Mongols created the greatest empire in human history. Genghis Khan and his successors brought death and destruction to Eurasia. They obliterated infrastructure, devastated cities and exterminated peoples. They also created courts in China, Persia and southern Russi...
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| Language: | English |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
[2020]
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| Summary: | During the thirteenth century, the Mongols created the greatest empire in human history. Genghis Khan and his successors brought death and destruction to Eurasia. They obliterated infrastructure, devastated cities and exterminated peoples. They also created courts in China, Persia and southern Russia, famed throughout the world as centers of wealth, learning, power, religion and lavish spectacle. The great Mongol houses established standards by which future rulers in Eurasia would measure themselves for centuries. In this ambitious study, David M. Robinson traces how in the late fourteenth century the newly established Ming dynasty (1368-1644) in China crafted a narrative of the fallen Mongol empire. To shape the perceptions and actions of audiences at home and abroad, the Ming court tailored its narrative of the Mongols to prove that it was the rightful successor to the Mongol empire. This is a story of how politicians exploit historical memory for their own gain. |
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| Physical Description: | xiii, 372 pages : maps ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-363) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781108482448 1108482449 9781108729338 1108729339 |