Along the Silk Roads in Mongol Eurasia

by Michal Biran (Editor), Jonathan Z. Brack (Editor), Francesca Fiaschetti (Editor)

During the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, Chinggis Khan and his heirs established the largest contiguous empire in the history of the world, extending from Korea to Hungary and from Iraq, Tibet, and Burma to Siberia. Ruling over roughly two thirds of the Old World, the Mongol Empire enabled people, ideas, and objects to traverse immense geographical and cultural boundaries. Along the Silk Roads in Mongol Eurasia reveals the individual stories of three key groups of people—military commanders, merchants, and intellectuals—from across Eurasia. These annotated biographies bring to the fore a compelling picture of the Mongol Empire from a wide range of historical sources in multiple languages, providing important insights into a period unique for its rapid and far-reaching transformations.
 
Read together or separately, they offer the perfect starting point for any discussion of the Mongol Empire’s impact on China, the Muslim world, and the West and illustrate the scale, diversity, and creativity of the cross-cultural exchange along the continental and maritime Silk Roads.

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Genres: History, Nonfiction, Asia

355 pages, Paperback

First published July 28, 2020

Reviews

[Bryn Hammond]

I reviewed this in the Asian Review of Books:
https://asianreviewofbooks.com/conten...

[Yigal Zur]

very interesting for those who want to go deeper in understanding the silk road. amazing info about the time the mongols ruled this hugh part of the world.