World History
Central Asia After the Mongol Invasion - Islam and Sedentary Life as a Consequence - Academic paper by Dr. Ozkan Izgi discusses the impact of the Mongolian conquest on nomadic life in the region. This inlcudes a look at the spread of Islam, the Turkish language, and sedentarization.
This paper is not too hard to read and I was able to finish it in a single sitting. As can be expected in a scholarly paper, it is well documented with over 62 references.
From the site:
In the period after the Mongolian conquest of Central Asia we see not only a change in the political situation but also a change in the ethnic composition of the population and a change in the way of life which is later evidenced by a sedentary population.
In this paper, I want to deal with the situation before and after the Mongolian conquest. Here, we encounter the following questions: 1. What happened to the Turkish peoples and tribes who occupied this area during the time of the Karakhanids and the Khorezmshahs? We do not find most of them later. 2. How did the Mongolian tribes who came with the conquest become Turkicized in language and in culture? This is obvious at Timur's time. 3. How did these nomadic peoples become sedentary?
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World History
Central Asia After the Mongol Invasion - Islam and Sedentary Life as a Consequence
Central Asia After the Mongol Invasion - Islam and Sedentary Life as a Consequence - Academic paper by Dr. Ozkan Izgi discusses the impact of the Mongolian conquest on nomadic life in the region. This inlcudes a look at the spread of Islam, the Turkish language, and sedentarization.
This paper is not too hard to read and I was able to finish it in a single sitting. As can be expected in a scholarly paper, it is well documented with over 62 references.
From the site:
In the period after the Mongolian conquest of Central Asia we see not only a change in the political situation but also a change in the ethnic composition of the population and a change in the way of life which is later evidenced by a sedentary population.
In this paper, I want to deal with the situation before and after the Mongolian conquest. Here, we encounter the following questions: 1. What happened to the Turkish peoples and tribes who occupied this area during the time of the Karakhanids and the Khorezmshahs? We do not find most of them later. 2. How did the Mongolian tribes who came with the conquest become Turkicized in language and in culture? This is obvious at Timur's time. 3. How did these nomadic peoples become sedentary?
- Chagatai Khanate
Chagatai Khanate Genghis Khan (c. 1167–1227) had four sons by his principal wife, Borte. The eldest son, Juji, and second son, Chagatai, were such fierce rivals that Genghis decided to bypass both in favor of his third son, Ogotai Khan as his successor...
- Ogotai Khan
Ogotai Khan Ogotai Khan was the third son of Genghis Khan and spent most of his early life campaigning. Realizing the implacable enmity between his first and second sons, Juji and Chagatai Khan, Genghis decided in 1219 to bypass both for supreme leadership...
- History Of Mongolia
History of Mongolia. This is a brief history of the ancient Asian of Mongolia. The Encyclopædia Britannica notes, "Khalkha Mongolian Mongol Uls , also called Outer Mongolia country located in north-central Asia. It occupies an area of 604,000 square...
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Mongolia in the 1990s: from Commissars to Capitalists? - Detailed analysis of recent Mongolian history (from the overthrow of the Communist government in 1991) to the present. From the site: T he Mongols' natural environment has shaped their...
- The Hunt For Genghis Khan's Tomb
Thanks to eagle eyes Rebecca Small for finding this article from Newsweek that discusses the hunt to find the tomb of the great Mongol leader Genghis Khan's tomb. It is a fascinating read that, among others, discusses the fight over whether he was...