Pax Mongolica: Genghis Khan & Kublai Khan
Conflicted: A History Podcast
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The Mongols - Apocalyptic Language
For centuries, the image of the mongols in people's minds was incredibly one mensional, barbaric, bloodthirsty, almost cartoonishly evil. There were no mongol historiographers or writers to rebut this demonic characterization. But then a russian scholar poring over texts in a forgotten corner of the chinese archives discovers a document that gives an insight into their culture and history. It provided an incalculably valuable window into mediaeval mongolian culture,. Their religion, their values, their cultural quirks. And this chronicle became known as the secret history of themongols.
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