Medievalists.net » Mongols http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 19:35:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Heirs of Genghis Khan http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/26/heirs-of-genghis-khan/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/26/heirs-of-genghis-khan/#comments Thu, 26 Nov 2015 21:18:08 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=62798 It all begin in the year 1190 when Genghis Khan managed to bring together the different nomadic tribes of Mongolia in a single, powerful army of 200,000 men.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/26/heirs-of-genghis-khan/feed/ 0 The last rex crucesignatus, Edward I and the Mongol alliance http://www.medievalists.net/2015/09/12/the-last-rex-crucesignatus-edward-i-and-the-mongol-alliance/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/09/12/the-last-rex-crucesignatus-edward-i-and-the-mongol-alliance/#comments Sat, 12 Sep 2015 05:00:20 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=61016 This study explores the crusading efforts of Edward I, King of England (1272– 1307), in the last decades of the thirteenth century.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/09/12/the-last-rex-crucesignatus-edward-i-and-the-mongol-alliance/feed/ 0 ‘Spurred on by the Fear of Death’: Refugees and Displaced Populations during the Mongol Invasion of Hungar http://www.medievalists.net/2015/09/06/spurred-on-by-the-fear-of-death-refugees-and-displaced-populations-during-the-mongol-invasion-of-hungar/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/09/06/spurred-on-by-the-fear-of-death-refugees-and-displaced-populations-during-the-mongol-invasion-of-hungar/#comments Sun, 06 Sep 2015 05:38:15 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=60882 Sensitized by the grim headlines which daily announce the appalling plight of twentieth-century refugees in eastern Europe, I was motivated to investigate the behavior and conditions of medieval refugees fleeing the Mongols.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/09/06/spurred-on-by-the-fear-of-death-refugees-and-displaced-populations-during-the-mongol-invasion-of-hungar/feed/ 0 Genoa: The cog in the new medieval economy http://www.medievalists.net/2015/08/18/genoa-the-cog-in-the-new-medieval-economy/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/08/18/genoa-the-cog-in-the-new-medieval-economy/#comments Tue, 18 Aug 2015 23:07:59 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=60453 Journalist and author Nicholas Walton writes about medieval Genoa's economy, trade and role in the Black Death. Walton recently published a book on Genoese history entitled, "Genoa: La Superba"

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/08/18/genoa-the-cog-in-the-new-medieval-economy/feed/ 0 13th-century Mongol sabre discovered in Russia http://www.medievalists.net/2015/04/22/13th-century-mongol-sabre-discovered-in-russia/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/04/22/13th-century-mongol-sabre-discovered-in-russia/#comments Wed, 22 Apr 2015 14:56:58 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=57794 While Russian archaeologists were conducting a routine examination of an old sabre unearthed seven years ago in Yaroslavl, they discovered that the weapon dates back to the 13th century, making it to be oldest crucible steel weapon in East Europe.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/04/22/13th-century-mongol-sabre-discovered-in-russia/feed/ 0 Millions of people are descended from Genghis Khan and 10 other Asian dynastic leaders, researchers find http://www.medievalists.net/2015/03/11/millions-people-descendant-genghis-khan-10-asian-dynastic-leaders-researchers-find/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/03/11/millions-people-descendant-genghis-khan-10-asian-dynastic-leaders-researchers-find/#comments Wed, 11 Mar 2015 14:38:14 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=56766 Geneticists from the University of Leicester have discovered that millions of modern Asian men are descended from 11 powerful dynastic leaders who lived up to 4,000 years ago - including Mongolian warlord Genghis Khan.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/03/11/millions-people-descendant-genghis-khan-10-asian-dynastic-leaders-researchers-find/feed/ 0 The Mongol Empire: The State of the Research http://www.medievalists.net/2015/02/21/mongol-empire-state-research/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/02/21/mongol-empire-state-research/#comments Sat, 21 Feb 2015 21:37:54 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=56351 The study of the Mongol Empire has made enormous strides in the past two decades, and its most notable impact is the shift of seeing the Empire not only in national or regional terms but from a holistic perspective, in its full Eurasian context.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/02/21/mongol-empire-state-research/feed/ 0 How Well Do You Know Genghis Khan? http://www.medievalists.net/2014/12/02/well-know-genghis-khan/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/12/02/well-know-genghis-khan/#comments Tue, 02 Dec 2014 18:39:33 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=54574 What do you really know about Genghis Khan? Take our quiz and find out:

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/12/02/well-know-genghis-khan/feed/ 0 Chingiz Khan: Maker of the Islamic World http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/07/chingiz-khan-maker-islamic-world/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/07/chingiz-khan-maker-islamic-world/#comments Fri, 07 Nov 2014 05:16:45 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=53938 For centuries Chingiz Khān has been a symbol of barbaric mayhem and murderous plunder, and the unifier of the Turco-Mongol Eurasian tribes has been presented as the archetypal embodiment of evil, a threat to the sedentary civilised world, and the stereotypical steppe marauder.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/07/chingiz-khan-maker-islamic-world/feed/ 0 A First Escape from Poverty in Late Medieval Japan: Evidence from Real Wages in Kyoto (1360-1860) http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/26/first-escape-poverty-late-medieval-japan-evidence-real-wages-kyoto-1360-1860/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/26/first-escape-poverty-late-medieval-japan-evidence-real-wages-kyoto-1360-1860/#comments Sat, 27 Sep 2014 01:04:00 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=52872 This paper offers a first investigation of long-term trends in Japanese living standards from the mid-14th to the mid-19th century using urban daily wages and price data for a number of basic commodities.

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