Chapter 1 Editor's Foreword Chapter 2 Preface Chapter 3 Acknowledgments Chapter 4 Reader's Notes Chapter 5 A-To-Z List of Dictionary Entries Chapter 6 Maps Chapter 7 Dates of Chinese Dynasties and States Chapter 8 Chronology Chapter 9 Introduction Chapter 10 Essay 1. Mongolia before Empire (To 1206) Chapter 11 Essay 2. Mongol Empire (1206-1260) Chapter 12 Essay 3. Qanate China (1260-1368) Chapter 13 Essay 4. Golden Horde (1235-1502) Chapter 14 Essay 5. Chagatay Qanate and Qaydu (1260-1338) Chapter 15 Essay 6. Ilqanate (1260-1356) Chapter 16 THE DICTIONARY Chapter 17 Appendix A: Mongolian Scripts Chapter 18 Appendix B: Glossary of Mongolian Words Chapter 19 Appendix C: Eating at the Qan's Table, Selected Recipes from the Yinshan zhengyao (1330) Chapter 20 Bibliography Chapter 21 About the Author
Paul D. Buell is Owner/Manager, Alpha-Omega Research and Translation, Seattle, and Lecturer, Department of Independent Learning, Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington.
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is recommended for both academic and general readers.
*American Reference Books Annual*
Any student of the Mongol Empire will find access to the Dictionary
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*The International History Review*
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*Journal of Asian Studies*
Here is a very useful introduction to the Mongol empire....this is
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*Mongolian Studies*
Recommended.
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