The history of Mongolia / / edited by David Sneath and Christopher Kaplonski.

• TeilnehmendeR: Kaplonski, C.; Sneath, David.
• Place / Publishing House: Folkestone : : Global Oriental,, 2010.
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Language: English
• Series: Brill eBook titles
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (1152 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

A significant aspect of this work is the emphasis on source materials, including some translated from Mongolian and other languages for the first time. The source materials and other articles are all fully contextualized and situated by introductory material by the volume’s editors. This is the firs...

Table of Contents

• Preliminary Material / David Sneath and Christopher Kaplonski
• PART 1: The Pre-Chinggisid Era Introduction / David Sneath
• Di Cosmo, N. (1994) ‘Ancient Inner Asian Nomads’ / David Sneath and Christopher Kaplonski
• Sima Qian (1993) ‘The Account of the Xiongnu’ / David Sneath and Christopher Kaplonski
• Golden, P.B. (2006) ‘The Türk Imperial Tradition in the Pre-Chinggisid Era’ / David Sneath and Christopher Kaplonski
• Lattimore, O. (1963) ‘The Geography of Chingis Khan’ / David Sneath and Christopher Kaplonski
• PART 2: Chinggis Khan and the Mongol Empire Introduction / David Sneath
• Excerpts from The Secret History of the Mongols / David Sneath and Christopher Kaplonski
• De Rachewiltz, I. (1973) ‘Some Remarks on the Ideological Foundations of Chingis Khan’s Empire’ / David Sneath and Christopher Kaplonski
• Schurmann, H.F. (1956) ‘Mongol Tributary Practices of the Thirteenth Century’ / David Sneath and Christopher Kaplonski
• De Rachewiltz, I. (1993) ‘Some Reflections on Činggis Qan’s ǰasaγ’ / David Sneath and Christopher Kaplonski
• Jackson, P. (1999) ‘From ULUS to Khanate: The Making of the Mongol States, c. 1220–c. 1290’ / David Sneath and Christopher Kaplonski
• John of Plano Carpini (1980) Excerpts from The Mongol Mission (Dawson edition) / David Sneath and Christopher Kaplonski
• William of Rubruck (1980) Excerpts from The Mission to Asia (Dawson edition) / David Sneath and Christopher Kaplonski
• Allsen, T. (1986) ‘Guard and Government in the Reign of the Grand Qan Möngke’, 1251–59 / David Sneath and Christopher Kaplonski
• Jackson, P. (1978) ‘The Dissolution of the Mongol Empire’ / David Sneath and Christopher Kaplonski
• Dardess, J. W. (1972–3) ‘From Mongol Empire to Yüan Dynasty: Changing Forms of Imperial Rule in Mongolia and Central Asia’ / David Sneath and Christopher Kaplonski
• Preliminary material / David Sneath and Christopher Kaplonski
• PART 3: Yuan and Late Medieval Period Introduction / David Sneath and Christopher Kaplonski
• Marco Polo (1958) ‘Kubilai Khan’ Excerpt from The Travels of Marco Polo / David Sneath and Christopher Kaplonski
• Rossabi, M. (1988) ‘Mismanagement and the Chinese Response’ Excerpt from Khubilai Khan: His Life and Times / David Sneath and Christopher Kaplonski
• Farquhar, D. M. (1981) ‘Structure and Function in Yüan Imperial Government’ / David Sneath and Christopher Kaplonski
• Endicott-West, E. (1986) ‘Imperial Governance in Yüan times’ / David Sneath and Christopher Kaplonski
• Jamsran, L. (2004) ‘The Crisis of the Forty and the Four’ / David Sneath and Christopher Kaplonski
• Gongor (1970) ‘The Twelve Tümen of the Aglag Khüree Khalkha Mongols’ / David Sneath and Christopher Kaplonski
• Natsagdorj, Sh. and A. Ochir (2004) ‘Six Tümen’ / David Sneath and Christopher Kaplonski
• Elverskog, J. (2003). Excerpt from The Jewel Translucent Sūtra: Altan Khan and the Mongols in the Sixteenth Century / David Sneath and Christopher Kaplonski
• Serruys, H. (1963) ‘Early Lamaism in Mongolia’ / David Sneath and Christopher Kaplonski
• Heissig, W. (1953) ‘A Mongolian Source to the Lamaist Suppression of Shamanism in the 17th Century’ / David Sneath and Christopher Kaplonski.