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6 - The Mongol Imperial Space

From Universalism to Glocalization*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 January 2021

By
Michal Biran
Edited by
Yuri Pines ,
Michal Biran  and
Jörg Rüpke
Yuri Pines
Affiliation:
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Michal Biran
Affiliation:
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Jörg Rüpke
Affiliation:
Universität Erfurt, Germany
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Summary

This study seeks to explain how the Mongol imperial space was created and administrated by the Mongols and conceived by the Mongols and their subjects mainly in Yuan China and Ilkhanid Iran. It stresses the interplay between the Mongols’ universal vision, their construction of a “Chinggisid space,” and the revival of “glocal” (i.e., local with global characteristic) spatial concepts in Mongol-ruled China and Iran. It starts by reviewing Mongol expansion, analyzing the reasons for its unprecedented success and the impact of its halt, and concludes in assessing the impact of the Mongol Empire on the shaping of the post-Mongol imperial space across Eurasia.

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Mongol EmpireWorld ConquestChinggisid spaceYuan ChinaIlkhanid IranEurasiaImperial administrationmilitary expansionglocalization
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The Limits of Universal Rule
Eurasian Empires Compared
 , pp. 220 - 256
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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