Culture and Conquest in Mongol Eurasia.(Reviews of Books)(Book Review)

The Journal of the American Oriental Society | April 1, 2003| | Copyright

Culture and Conquest in Mongol Eurasia. By THOMAS T. ALLSEN. Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization. Cambridge: CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2001. Pp. xiii + 235. $60.

The Pax Mongolica and the extensive cross-cultural exchanges it promoted have long fascinated historians. Thomas T. Allsen's new book, however, sets a new--and extremely high--standard for any future discussion of these issues. It concentrates on the Mongolian-inspired cultural exchanges between China and Iran in the thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries, and stresses the role of the Mongols in ...

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