January 11-13


Kublai Khan. by Liu Kuan-Tao (Yuan Dynasty, ca. 1280 CE). Hanhing scroll. Collection of the National Palace Museum, Taipei.

Please read one of Golden, Saunders, or Marshall; fill out the FORM at end of the reading, and submit. Due Sunday January 16.

• Peter Golden , "The World of the Steppes" from his An Introduction to the History of the Turkic Peoples: Ethnogenesis and State-Formation in Medieval and Early Modern Eurasia and the Middle East. Study guide for Golden .
• J. J. Saunders , "The Turkish Eruption" from his History of Medieval Islam. Study guide for Saunders .
• Robert Marshall , Selections, from his Storm from the East: From Genghis Khan to Khubilai Khan, Univ of California Press, 1993. Click on Hulegu's Campaign for a map of this Mongol campaign through the Middle East. Study guide for Marshall