The Secret History of the Mongols

Übersetzer: Atwood, Christopher P

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

An inventive translation of a great historical epic, and the oldest surviving literary work in...

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 480
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. September 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 197mm x 133mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 352g
• ISBN-13: 9780241197912
• ISBN-10: 0241197910
• Artikelnr.: 63198493

Autorenporträt

Christopher P. Atwood teaches Mongolian history and civilization at the University of Pennsylvania. He received his doctorate from Indiana University. He has traveled extensively in independent Mongolia and Inner Mongolia. Atwood's previous books include The Rise of the Mongols: Five Chinese Sources and the Encyclopedia of Mongolia and the Mongol Empire.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. The Influence of the Secret History and its Preservation
2. The World of the Secret History 
3. Date and Authorship
4. Title, Genre, Composition
5. Mongolian Terms and their Translation
Note on Spellings and Pronunciation
Note on Chapter, Sub-chapter and Section Divisions
Figures
Maps
THE SECRET HISTORY OF THE MONGOLS
1: The Origin of Chinggis Khan
2: The Youth of Chinggis Khan
3: The Early Battles of Chinggis Khan
4: Chinggis Khan and Ong Khan
5: Completing the Unification of Mongolia
6: The New Regime
7: The Foreign Conquests
8: The Reign of Ökodei Khann
Colophon
Afterword: The Transmission and Translation ofthe Secret History
Appendix A: Alternative Mouse Year Theories and the Question of the Secret
History’s Unity
Appendix B: Socio-political Organization of the Pre-Chinggisid Mongols
Appendix C: The New Aristocracy under Chinggis Khan
Appendix D: Chronologies of the Foreign Conquests
Bibliography
Notes
Glossary of Names