Affiliation:
1. Professor of History, The College of New Jersey
Abstract
In the thirteenth century, the Mongols created a vast, transcontinental empire that intensified commercial and cultural contact throughout Eurasia. As with other forms of booty generated by conquest, the Mongolian elite systematically identified, and shared out, the cultural resources oftheir more sedentary subjects. Thus, the Mongols military-political dominance ofthe continent was accompanied by—even accomplished through—cultural dependence. As a product ofthis complex, interactive world of contending cultural currents, Marco Polo viewed the East, and China in particular, through multiple cultural filters—European, Muslim, and Mongolian.
Subject
History and Philosophy of Science,History,History and Philosophy of Science,History
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19 articles.
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1. Index;The City of Blue and White;2020-02-29
2. Bibliography;The City of Blue and White;2020-02-29
3. Notes;The City of Blue and White;2020-02-29
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