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Mongol Empire

Mongol Empire
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Overview

13th- and 14th-century empire originating in Mongolia

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  1. After Kublai, the Mongol Emperors more and more adopted Chinese ways, and lost their tyrannical vigour. Their dynasty came to an end in 1370, and was succeeded by the pure Chinese Ming dynasty, which lasted until the Manchu conquest of 1644. The Manchus in turn adopted Chinese ways, and were overthrown by a patriotic revolution in 1911, having contributed nothing notable to the native culture of China except the…

    Bertrand Russell, The Problem of China

    Close in meaning to Mongol Empire; the term itself is not named.

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  2. The incongruous, unwieldy, and precocious Empire heaped together by the Ruriks, like the other empires of similar growth, is broken up into appanages, divided and subdivided among the descendants of the conquerors, dilacerated by feudal wars, rent to pieces by the intervention of foreign peoples. The paramount authority of the Grand Prince vanishes before the rival claims of seventy princes of the blood.

    Karl Marx, Secret Diplomatic History of The Eighteenth Century

    Close in meaning to Mongol Empire; the term itself is not named.

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  3. Above these in a direction towards the East dwell other Scythians, who have revolted from the Royal Scythians and so have come to this region.

    Herodotus, The History of Herodotus — Volume 1

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Place in the tradition

Part of Illuminationism.

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