The Mongol Empire comes to life in this vivid account of the lives of ordinary people who lived under the rule of Ghengis Khan. The book allows the reader to enjoy traditional Mongol folktales and experience life in a yurt, the tent in which the nomadic Mongols lived. It explain…
Discusses daily life in the Mongol empire, examining such topics as housing, clothing, food, medicine, religion, law, and folk tales.
"The essays in this volume dispel some of the myths concerning the Mongolians and other Inner Asian peoples. This remarkable volume edited by and dedicated to Morris Rossabi challenges the depictions of these mostly nomadic pastoral groups as barbaric plunderers and killers whil…
Introduction: Myths about Mongols and Inner Asians / Morris Rossabi -- Sagang Sechen on the Tumu incident / Johan Elverskog -- What did the Qianlong Court mean by huairou yuanren? : an examination of Manchu, Mongol and Tibetan translations of the term as it appears in Chengde st…
"The essays in this volume dispel some of the myths concerning the Mongolians and other Inner Asian peoples. This remarkable volume edited by and dedicated to Morris Rossabi challenges the depictions of these mostly nomadic pastoral groups as barbaric plunderers and killers whil…
"The essays in this volume dispel some of the myths concerning the Mongolians and other Inner Asian peoples. This remarkable volume edited by and dedicated to Morris Rossabi challenges the depictions of these mostly nomadic pastoral groups as barbaric plunderers and killers whil…