The Cambridge history of medieval Inner Asia: the Chinggisid Age

This volume centres on the history and legacy of the Mongol World Empire founded by Chinggis Khan and his sons, including its impact upon the modern world. An international team of scholars examines the political and cultural history of the Mongol empire, its Chinggisid successor states, and the non-Chinggisid dynasties that came to dominate Inner Asia in its wake. Geographically, it focuses on the continental region from East Asia to Eastern Europe. Beginning in the twelfth century, the volume moves through to the establishment of Chinese and Russian political hegemony in Inner Asia from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries. Contributors use recent research and new approaches that have revitalized Inner Asian studies to highlight the world-historical importance of the regimes and states formed during and after the Mongol conquest. Their conclusions testify to the importance of a region whose modern fate has been overshadowed by Russia and China. THE CHINGGISID AGE......Page 2 Contents......Page 5 Figure and maps......Page 8 Contributors......Page 9 Note on transliteration......Page 12 Abbreviations......Page 13 Introduction......Page 27 PART ONE - THE RISE OF THE CHINGGISIDS......Page 33 Inner Asia c. 1200......Page 34 The Mongol age in Eastern Inner Asia......Page 51 The Mongols in Central Asia fron Chinggis Khan's invasion to the rise of Temur: the Ogodeid and Chaghadaid realms......Page 71 The Jochid realm: the western steppe and Eastern Europe......Page 92 PART TWO - LEGACIES OF THE MONGOL CONQUESTS......Page 111 Institutional development, revenues and trade......Page 112 Migrations, ethnogenesis......Page 132 Islamization in the Mongol Empire......Page 143 Mongols as vectors for cultural transmission......Page 158 PART THREE - CHINGGISID DECLINE: I368-c. I700......Page 178 The eastern steppe: Mongol regimes after the Yuan (1368-1636)......Page 179 Temur and the early Timurids to C. 1450......Page 204 The later Timurids c. 1450-1526......Page 221 PART FOUR - NOMADS AND SETTLED PEOPLES IN INNER ASIA AFTER THE TIMURIDS......Page 240 Uzbeks, Qazaqs and Turkmens......Page 241 The western steppe: Volga-Ural region, Siberia and the Crimea......Page 257 Eastern Central Asia (Xinjiang): 1300-1800......Page 280 The Chinggisid restoration in Central Asia: 1500-1785......Page 297 The western steppe: the Volga-Ural region, Siberia and the Crimea under Russian rule......Page 323 PART FIVE - NEW IMPERIAL MANDATES AND THE END OF THE CHINGGISID ERA (18TH-19TH) CENTURIES......Page 351 The Qing and Inner Asia: 1636-1800......Page 352 The Qazaqs and Russia......Page 382 Russia and the peoples of the Volga-Ural region: 1600-1850......Page 399 The new Uzbek states: Bukhara, Khiva and Khoqand: c. 1750-1886......Page 411 Bibliography......Page 431 Index......Page 485 Introduction / Nicola Di Cosmo, Allen J. Frank And Peter B. Golden -- Inner Asia C. 1200 / Peter B. Golden -- The Mongol Age In Eastern Inner Asia / Peter Jackson -- The Mongols In Central Asia From Chinggis Khan's Invasion To The Rise Of Temür : The Ögödeid And Chaghadaid Realms / Michal Biran -- The Jochid Realm : The Western Steppe And Eastern Europe / István Vásáry -- Institutional Development, Revenues And Trade / Arsenio Peter Martinez -- Migrations, Ethnogenesis / Peter B. Golden -- Islamization In The Mongol Empire / Devin Deweese -- Mongols As Vectors For Cultural Transmission / Thomas T. Allsen -- The Eastern Steppe : Mongol Regimes After The Yuan (1368-1636) / Veronika Veit -- Temür And The Early Timurids To C. 1450 / Beatrice Forbes Manz -- The Later Timurids C. 1450-1526 / Stephen Dale -- Uzbeks, Qazaqs And Turkmens / Yuri Bregel -- The Western Steppe : Volga-ural Region, Siberia And The Crimea / Allen J. Frank -- Eastern Central Asia (xinjiang) : 1300-1800 / James Millward -- The Chinggisid Restoration In Central Asia : 1500-1785 / R.d. Mcchesney -- The Western Steppe : The Volga-ural Region, Siberia And The Crimea Under Russian Rule / Christian Noack -- The Qing And Inner Asia : 1636-1800 / Nicola Di Cosmo -- The Qazaqs And Russia / Allen J. Frank -- Russia And The Peoples Of The Volga-ural Region : 1600-1850 / Allen J. Frank -- The New Uzbek States : Bukhara, Khiva And Khoqand : C. 1750-1886. Edited By Nicola Di Cosmo, Allen J. Frank And Peter B. Golden. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Beginning in the twelfth century and moving through to the nineteenth century, an international team of scholars examine the political, cultural, religious and economic history of the Mongol world empire, its Chinggisid successor states, and the non-Chinggisid dynasties and empires that came to dominate Inner Asia in its wake. In this book, a team of international scholars examine the rise, fall, and legacy of the Mongol world empire