Salvete Omnes,
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| Chinggis Khan as the first emperor of Yuan Dynasty |
a shot entry - of course it is the dog day for sure - :)
a new book on the Mongols and their meteoric rise to power and empire is coming this year - be it August or perhaps later . The publisher is the Cambridge University Press - The Mongol Empire, Two Volume Set. - Hiram & Kim editors et al.
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| Chinggis Khan on horseback according to a Yuan Dynasty artist |
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| Yuan Dynasty in China |
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| Kublai Khan on a hunting expedition, by Chinese court artist Liu Guandao, c. 1280 |
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| Temur Khan hunting geese - detail |
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| the empire was won on and from horseback - and many of these mounts might have succumbed to the hardships of campaigning |
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| while other mounts thrived on |
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| horse archery, martial and hunting skills were the most desired attributes for a Mongol horseman |
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| detail from a Yuan Dynasty painting |
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| a detail from Yuan Dynasty scroll - lots of jingles on this horse harness |
Looking forward to see this publication
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| pure beauty of this painting from 1271-1368 period |
valete
