The Mongols have a reputation for their brutal tactics in war and the fear they instilled in the peoples they conquered. But the Mongols liked nice things as well, and created a capital city with cultural influences from the many lands that they ruled. Find out what a French silver smith was doing in Karakorum, and how he and other people sent from all over the Mongol lands helped to create a cosmopolitan capital.
 Author: Nicole

Further Reading

To learn more about the Mongols, see Morris Rossabi, The Mongols: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012.

William of Rubuck's account is available online at http://depts.washington.edu/silkroad/texts/rubruck.html
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Music: "Evening Melodrama" by Kevin MacLeod (www.incompetech.com)
 


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Elizabeth
02/09/2013 4:09pm

I would love to examine the Mongolian coinage!

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