Book contents
- The Cambridge World HistoryVOLUME VI
- The Cambridge World History
- The Cambridge World History
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Tables
- Contributors
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- Part One Global matrices
- Part Two Macro-regions
- 7 Eurasia after the Mongols
- 8 Continuity and change in the Indian Ocean basin
- 9 The Americas in the age of indigenous empires
- 10 Africa in world history, 1400 to 1800
- Part Three Large-scale political formations
- Part Four Crossroads regions
- Part Five Overview
- Index
- References
7 - Eurasia after the Mongols
from Part Two - Macro-regions
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 May 2015
Book contents
- The Cambridge World HistoryVOLUME VI
- The Cambridge World History
- The Cambridge World History
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Tables
- Contributors
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- Part One Global matrices
- Part Two Macro-regions
- 7 Eurasia after the Mongols
- 8 Continuity and change in the Indian Ocean basin
- 9 The Americas in the age of indigenous empires
- 10 Africa in world history, 1400 to 1800
- Part Three Large-scale political formations
- Part Four Crossroads regions
- Part Five Overview
- Index
- References
Summary
By the seventeenth century European observers were predicting the decline of the nomads and their subjugation by neighbouring sedentary states. In the eighteenth century, this came to pass. This chapter attempts to explain how this happened and why. In the middle of the thirteenth century, the high point of its unity and extent, the Empire of the Great Mongols held sway over the vast Eurasian steppe. One source of the political devolution among the nomads was the large number of claimants for leadership roles and the incessant succession struggles among them. The Mongols appropriated the ideology and sacral territory of their Turkic predecessors, and those who followed laid claim to the Chinggisid legacy. The motives behind Moscow's forward policy in the steppe was the quest for territory, resources, markets and security. By means of improved domestic production and trade arrangements, the Manchus and Russians secured military mounts in sufficient numbers to successfully challenge the nomads on their home ground.
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- The Cambridge World History , pp. 159 - 181Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2015
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