Rise of the Mongols : Five Chinese Sources, Paperback by Atwood, Christopher ...

Description: Rise of the Mongols : Five Chinese Sources, Paperback by Atwood, Christopher P. (EDT); Struve, Lynn (CON), ISBN 1624669905, ISBN-13 9781624669903, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US Rise of the Mongols offers readers a selection of five important works that detail the rise of the Mongol Empire through Chinese eyes. Three of these works were written by officials of South China's Southern Song dynasty and two are from officials from North China writing in the service of the Mongol rulers. Together, these accounts offer a view of the early Mongol Empire very different not just from those of Muslim and Christian travelers and chroniclers, but also from the Mongol tradition embodied in The Secret History of Mongols. The five Chinese source texts (in English translation, each with their own preface): Selections from Random Notes from Court and Country since the Jianyan Years, , by Li XinchuanA Memorandum on the Mong-Tatars,by Zhao GongA Sketch of the Black Tatars,by Peng Daya and Xu TingSpirit-Path Stele for His Honor Yel, Director of the Secretariat,by Song ZizhenNotes on a Journey,by Zhang Dehui Also included are an introduction, index, bibliography, and appendices covering notes on the texts, tables and charts, and a glossary of Chinese and transcribed terms.

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