Waugh, D. C. (2017). The ‘owl of misfortune’ or the ‘phoenix of prosperity’? Re-thinking the impact of the Mongols. Journal of Eurasian Studies, 8(1), 10–21. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euras.2016.11.004 #OpenAccess #OA #Journal #Article #MongolEmpire #Mongols #GoldenHorde #CentralAsia #EasternEurope #Archeology #Europe #Asia #Eurasia #History #Histodon #Histodons @archaeodons @histodon @histodons

Meanwhile, for the first time in Penguin Classics !!! Where it ought to have been decades ago... The Secret History of the Mongols. 13th century epic/history. Can we hope it becomes as well-known now in English as an Icelandic saga?

I blog about my first impressions of the Atwood translation:
https://amgalant.com/the-new-secret-history-and-a-sale/

#medieval #Mongols

Tout juste achevé, quelle claque ! Ca se lit comme un roman d'aventure : on suit le développement de la Horde du côté de la Volga en étant tenu en haleine du début jusqu'à la fin...

J'y ai découvert un monde dont j'ignorais à peu près tout (modulo la peste de 1348 qui arrive en Europe via Caffa et les Mongols, et la prise de Bagdad de 1258...), à travers une histoire politique qui n'oublie ni l'histoire sociale ni l'histoire environnementale...

#histodons #Mongols #horde

Here's an old blog post of mine on five English translations of The Secret History of the Mongols ... as I open up the new, greatly anticipated translation by Christopher Atwood for Penguin Classics. The ebook is out and the pb has been spotted in the wild!

#medieval #Mongols

https://amgalant.com/translations-of-the-secret-history/

@faab64 @lazarukb @wherephysicswentwrong
The #Rus in #Muscovy agreed to bend the knee and pay tribute to the #Mongols instead, and as such avoided being razed to the ground.

But they never got over their jealousy of #Kyiv, and since then they have done everything in their power to erase the cultural legacy of Kyiv and Ukraine. When Stalin took over the #USSR he continued that policy of the Russian Empire, and #Holodomor was a direct result of that.
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Battle of Terek River 1395 #shorts #documentary #history #fyp #mongols #kingsandgenerals on Kings and Generals by @kingsgenerals #history #KingsAndGenerals https://youtube.com/watch?v=Taf7thtQ5_0

Mongol Perspective On Conquering The World (1206 - 1228) Secret History Of The Mongols - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94TtE9KJunc

#Mongols #History

On this day in 1241 the Mongols won their last major battle in the European campaign, obliterating Hungarian forces at the battle of Mohi

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Mohi

#history #mongols #europe #hungary

On the blog: 'Love and Conquest at the Gates of Samarkand'

A post-Amgalant short story, a retrospective on Temujin and Jamuqa.

#Mongols #Chinggis #GenghisKhan #histfic #historicalfiction #LGBT

https://amgalant.com/love-and-conquest-at-the-gates-of-samarkand/

#bfn #breakingfakenews #humour #brèves #actualité #bagdad #mongols

Abonnez-vous !

https://youtube.com/geraldserai

https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Barbarian-Empires-of-the-Steppes-Audiobook/B00HCKX6KC

This is an absolutely incredible course series. Top notch, I've listened to parts of it three times now. #CentralAsia #Mongols #Nomads #Silkroad

Quick Take.

The Mongols were keen on preventing looting before a battle had been won, and any man caught in the act would be executed. This was not out of any distaste for looting itself, but an attempt to keep the army focused. There would be ample time for looting later.

#History #Mongols

#TodayInHistory The Siege of Ryazan ends in 1237, with Mongol Horde led by Batu Khan, capturing the city after breaking down the walls using giant catapults. Prince Yuriy with his wife was killed, most of the population were massacred and the city was looted.

#mongols #russianhistory

#TodayInHistory The Siege of Ryazan ends in 1237, with Mongol Horde led by Batu Khan, capturing the city after breaking down the walls using giant catapults. Prince Yuriy with his wife was killed, most of the population were massacred and the city was looted.

#mongols #russianhistory

What a joy to read
#history #mongols #horde #favereau

What a joy to read Marie Faverau's 'The Horde'.

#history #mongols #horde #favereau

I'm not sure I would describe horses (and therefore an empire) as solar-powered, but I guess it sounds cooler than "grass-powered empire" 😂

"Fuelled by grass, the Mongol empire could be described as solar-powered; it was an empire of the land. Later empires, such as the British, moved by ship and were wind-powered, empires of the sea. The American empire, if it is an empire, runs on oil and is an empire of the air."

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2005/04/25/invaders-3

#history #mongols #grass #horses #solar #empire

A New Vision for #Islamic Pasts and Futures

Interpretive essays on Islamic artifacts (Jerusalem in #Java, #Indonesia), texts (Tarikh-i Jahangushay is a #Muslim chronicler’s account of non-Muslim #Mongols), and phenomena entwining over fourteen centuries.

#Metafilter #Ummah #Palimpsests #Islam #History

https://www.metafilter.com/197492/Inadequacy-of-timelines

12 hours to go in our #BookFunnel sale for fiction that engages with history in creative and unconventional ways.

5 authors
Imaginative, yet seriously historical.
Different, as well as diverse.

'It is pure magic when one finds a book that travels that difficult path between fact and fiction... A story that that is so realistic and so true that it literally pulls you into the Mongol world body and soul.' -Patricia Bjaaland Welch

#HistficOutsidetheBox #Mongols #histfic
https://books.bookfunnel.com/histfic-outsidethebox/cbdc1qjc6a

The Feminine in the Secret History of the Mongols
lecture by Christopher Atwood

'the anonymous Secret History contains a complex vision of women’s lives and roles..., complex enough that one may ask “Was ‘Anonymous’ a woman in this case too?”'

#Mongols

https://www.miasu.socanth.cam.ac.uk/events/lecture-christopher-atwood-14-december