The ‘owl of misfortune’ or the ‘phoenix of prosperity’? Re-thinking the impact of the Mongols
The impact of Mongol conquests across Eurasia is still controversial: did they destroy everything in their path or rather create a “Mongol peace” under which the Silk Road exchanges flourished? Too often medieval authors are cited merely for their negative reaction to the Mongols. Yet both the writt...
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| Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2017-01-01
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| Series: | Journal of Eurasian Studies |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1879366516300288 |