An Afterlife for the Khan: Muslims, Buddhists, and Sacred Kingship in Mongol Iran and Eurasia [1 ed.] 0520392906, 9780520392908

In the Mongol Empire, the interfaith court provided a contested arena for a performance of the Mongol ruler’s sacred kin

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An Afterlife for the Khan: Muslims, Buddhists, and Sacred Kingship in Mongol Iran and Eurasia [1 ed.]
0520392906, 9780520392908

Throughout history, there have been few conquerors more prominent than Genghis Khan, the first ruler of what would becom

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Reassessment of Genghis Khan as military commander and empire-builder. In-depth description of the organization of the M

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During the thirteenth century, the Mongols created the greatest empire in human history. Genghis Khan and his successors

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Sacred kingship has been the core political form, in small-scale societies and in vast empires, for much of world histor

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During the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, Chinggis Khan and his heirs established the largest contiguous empire in

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Though most often remembered as one of the most brutal military conquerors of all time, Mongol leader Genghis Khan also

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During the English reformation, writers like John Skelton, Shakespeare, John Milton, and Andrew Marvell grappled with th

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