PART TWO
EURASIAN INTEGRATION
WEEKS 8-13. In Two Acts. Oct 21-Dec 10
Act 4. Military Commercialism
Week 8. Oct 26 – 28 MONGOLS
Chinggis Khan’s Family Empire, 1162-1294. (Timeline PDF) (timeline1) (timeline2)
Theme: Transformative Historical Conjuncture. Mongols expand across and beyond old nomad territorial domains using old techniques with innovative efficiency, building on Turkic imperial expansion.
Reading:
The Mongol Empire: A Historical Encyclopedia, Edited by Timothy May, ABC-CLIO, 2017, Introduction and Chronology, pp.xv-xxvii. (PDF online)
Timothy May, “Nomadic Warfare Before Firearms” (OREAH)
Peter Golden, Central Asia in World History. (Ebook), pp.69-91.
Michal Biran, “The Mongol Transformation: From the Steppe to Eurasian Empire.” (PDF), in Medieval Encounters, 10, 1-3, 2004, pp.339-61
Michal Biran, “The Mongol Empire and inter-civilizational exchange” (PDF), Chapter 20 in The Cambridge World History, pp.534-558 (Cambridge Core Link).
Bettine Birge, Marriage and the Law in the Age of Khubilai Khan: Cases from the Yuan Dianzhang. Harvard university Press, 2017. (Ebook) Chapter One, “Historical Context” (online PDF) 20pp
Viewing: “The Mongol Empire and Kublai Khan,” History Channel, 47:18. The Mongol Invasion of Japan, 1274 and 1281. (online slideshow). Mongol Invasion of Russia
Reference:
Jack Fairey and BrianP. Farrell, editors. Empire in Asia: A New Global History: Volume One, From Chinggisid to Qing. Bloomsbury Academic, 2018.
Primary Sources: The Secret History of the Mongols. Juvaini, The History of the World-Conqueror. Rashid al Din, The Successors of Genghis Khan.
Jos Gommans, “The Warband the Making of Eurasian Empires.” (PDF) Chapter 4 in Prince, Pen, and Sword: Eurasian Perspectives, edited by Maaike van Berkel and Jeroen Duindam, Brill, Leiden, 2018, pp.297-383. (JSTOR Link)
Barry Cunliffe, By Steppe, Desert, and Ocean : The Birth of Eurasia. Oxford University Press, 2017, Chapter 11, pp.415-450.
Mongols in World History (Columbia University Website).
Pederson et al, “Pluvials, Droughts, The Mongol Empire, and Modern Mongolia.” (PDF), PNAS, 2014, 111, 12, 4375-79.
Michael Brose, “Medieval Uyghurs from the 8th to 14th Century,” (OREAH).
Thomas Allsen, “The rise of the Mongolian empire and Mongolian rule in north China,” Cambridge History of China, Edited by H.Franke, and D.C.Twitchett, Cambridge University Press, 1994 (online 2008), pp. 321-413. (online PDF)
Morris Rossabi, Eurasian Influences in Yuan China.
China Under Mongol Rule, edited by John D. Langlois.
Video14 with slides: “Situating the Mongol Intervention: Space, Time, and Historiography.” Slides only: “Introducing Global Asia, Part Two”
Individual Weeks in full syllabus: Week 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14