Mongol Imperialism: The Policies of the Grand Qan Möngke in China, Russia, and the Islamic Lands, 1251-1259
Thomas T. Allsen
Using a mixture of Chinese, Persian, and Russian sources, Allsen reconstructs the reign of Mongke, the last ruler of a unified Mongol empire. The central underlying theme of this book is that Mongke was an extremely pragmatic ruler who used policies that appealed to both conservative Mongol elites and newly subjugated Chinese literati in order to mobilize the resources of the empire to undertake further conquests. However, the Mongol Empire was already beginning to fracture under his reign and was being held together only loosely. After Mongke’s death, it would fracture permanently into four independent khanates.
年:
1987
語言:
english
頁數:
278
ISBN 10:
0520055276
ISBN 13:
9780520055278
文件:
EPUB, 83.60 MB
IPFS:
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english, 1987