tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post4619528385862963977..comments2023-06-20T02:25:36.578-07:00Comments on The Scholar's Stage: Introducing: The Mongol ProjectT. Greerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04621529800248145193noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-3492200504512571202013-11-16T02:11:46.509-08:002013-11-16T02:11:46.509-08:00One more thing:
(3) Many nomad peoples existed in...One more thing:<br /><br />(3) Many nomad peoples existed in a symbiosis with sedentary populations. They traded them stuff like dairy products and trade goods, the sedentary peoples gave them grains, jewelry for the elites, etc. <br /><br />The Mongols were relatively unusual in that their homeland was a world apart, an autarky in economic terms; there were no settled peoples within maybe a akarlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08322298490656235467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-263522933701662802013-11-14T18:16:32.449-08:002013-11-14T18:16:32.449-08:00Both the mongol and the Manchu invasions of china ...Both the mongol and the Manchu invasions of china happened during cold spells, ag in the north of china would have been in retreat.<br />It took decades for the mongols to subdue south china and Sichuan, probably because of malaria, never got into Vietnam. Also the mongols were not good at riverine operations , reliant on Korean sailors.<br />DaShui Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-22493477451993487962013-11-14T09:06:04.466-08:002013-11-14T09:06:04.466-08:00What about lactose tolerance? Does that play a rol...What about lactose tolerance? Does that play a role? Someone suggested -- Greg Cochran I think -- that the evolution of lactose tolerance meant that a given pastoral area could henceforth support a much larger human population, which led to demographic pressure, larger armies, and thus to demographic expansion. <br /><br />But then I suppose that was a development which anti-dated Genghis Kahn (Luke Leahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11290760894780619646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-7143230990248477222013-11-12T23:38:04.189-08:002013-11-12T23:38:04.189-08:00one reason for brief exceptional period of four me...one reason for brief exceptional period of four mentioned Mongol leaders might also have 'energetic' explanation, after Möngke Khan died a little ice age started https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Ice_Age#Dating <br /><br />later Russians effectively blocked stepper frontier, so no new powerful steppe empire could occurkurdakovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15638600919634139837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-78453761635458525302013-11-11T21:18:57.868-08:002013-11-11T21:18:57.868-08:00@kurdakov and AK-
Unfortunately (unlike either of...@kurdakov and AK-<br /><br />Unfortunately (unlike either of you gentleman!) I do not speak Russian. Gumilev and his theories have thus remained a bit removed from my readings.<br /><br />Anatoly Khazanov cites him a few times in his book <i>Nomads and the Outside World</i> but beyond that my exposure to his ideas has been limited. <br /><br /><br />As for the paleo-diet connection - This topic T. Greerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04621529800248145193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-60440241471101926682013-11-10T21:42:44.642-08:002013-11-10T21:42:44.642-08:00concerning mentioned in previous comment "pas...concerning mentioned in previous comment "passionarity" by Gumilev, <br /><br />Just in case this obscure author is really not known to you, then concept of 'passionarity'<br />is not only about solidarity, but about weird concept of genetic mutation. So how 'passionarity' appears due to Gumilev? That is easy to him - due to one way directed mutations in many people.<br kurdakovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15638600919634139837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-17367873513108204972013-11-09T22:35:49.795-08:002013-11-09T22:35:49.795-08:00Looking forwards to your Mongol series T. Greer.
...Looking forwards to your Mongol series T. Greer.<br /><br />Here's a couple of interesting angles/tidbits that you may or may not find interesting and relevant:<br /><br />(1) Are you familiar with Lev Gumilev and his theories of passionarity? (It is a concept similar to asabiya which he developed independently in the USSR, and used it to try to explain the interactions between the steppe andakarlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08322298490656235467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-70310841594049272582013-11-09T17:59:07.877-08:002013-11-09T17:59:07.877-08:00Mongolia has Genghis Khan's picture on their m...Mongolia has <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=mongolian+money&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=Geh-UsfCHKmZiAK12YH4Cw&sqi=2&ved=0CDAQsAQ&biw=1188&bih=727%22" rel="nofollow">Genghis Khan's picture</a> on their money. Michael Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18127450762129879267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-49690912536935269042013-11-07T19:04:55.208-08:002013-11-07T19:04:55.208-08:00@Kurdakov-
An interesting reading indeed. I can n...@Kurdakov-<br /><br />An interesting reading indeed. I can never walk away from a chance to <a href="http://scholars-stage.blogspot.com/2010/08/notes-on-dynamics-of-human-civilization.html" rel="nofollow">examine a civilization's energetic foundations....</a><br /><br /> This Summer I <a href="http://scholars-stage.blogspot.com/2013/04/global-temperature-0-2000-ad.html" rel="nofollow">bloggedT. Greerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04621529800248145193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-53887458254946768052013-11-06T14:44:36.925-08:002013-11-06T14:44:36.925-08:00Wow. As a keen amateur in Mongol history -- who ne...Wow. As a keen amateur in Mongol history -- who nevertheless can lament the state of that history often enough -- I see fantastic times ahead for me here. Thanks T. Greer. I think it's the right question to start with. They were different: how and why were they different? As for a definitive answer, I'm still in search myself, and I'll have a huge interest in your journey towards one.Bryn Hammondhttp://amgalant.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-30187423974012238862013-11-06T13:11:41.179-08:002013-11-06T13:11:41.179-08:00You might find this article interesting
http://ww...You might find this article interesting<br /><br />http://www.livescience.com/21735-wet-climate-fueled-mongol-invasion.htmlkurdakovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15638600919634139837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-91050250476621214042013-11-06T06:21:54.214-08:002013-11-06T06:21:54.214-08:00Very much looking forward to this - the first seri...Very much looking forward to this - the first serious history book I read was on the Mongols and their experience has framed a lot of my viewpoints on history.<br /><br />Thanks,<br />DrewDrewdurocnoreply@blogger.com