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Some Chinese Sources on the Khazars and Khwarazm |
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时间：2009-7-24 13:48:37 来源：不详
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nbsp;in the Yuan period. As a result, the first question is how to distinguish Khwarazm in the sources among the numerous records on Huihuiguo. My criterion is the west march of Chinggis Khan (1218-1223). Chinggis khan and his soldiers reached Khwarazm in this period, therefore, literatures connected with this march and western region may indicate the Khwarazmian Empire. I chose two travel notes, whose authors both visited Chinggis Khan as emissaries at that time. However, most documents about the Huihui guo in the Yuan dynasty are descriptions of food, plants, and implements, which have nothing to do with the westward march of Chinggis Khan. We lack a full understanding of the social and economic conditions of Khwarazm and hence cannot always distinguish some of the records referring to Khwarazm. I have selected, for illustrative purposes, a text from the Bencao gangmu, a Materia Medica written in 16th century.
I will translate these sources in chronological sequence in this paper. If the text is extracted from 24 shi, I will just give the background of the source. If 上一页 [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] ... 下一页 >> |
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