HIST 226 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Pax Mongolica, Cynocephaly, Spice Trade
12 Mar 2018
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European ideas of the other: the spice trade and the earthly paradise, monstrous races, prester john. The mongol empire and the pax mongolica: the rise of the mongol empire, reaction to the mongols in europe, travel: conversion, diplomacy, trade, william of rubruck, marco polo. The spice trae and the earthly paradise: importance of spices and the spice trade, the east = spices and jewels, goodness of the east runs out of the earthly paradise (garden of eden) Monstrous races: apple-smellers, blemmyae, cynocephali, panotii, sciopods. Thursday, march 8, 2018: based on pliny the elder"s natural history. Prester john: fictional king, rules over wealthy kingdom in india which had been converted to christianity by the apostle thomas, india=source of the world"s wealth, monstrous races vs prester john. 1259-1260 mongols attack syria; mamluk take-over of egypt; defeat mongols at. Division of empire into great khanate, chaghadai khanate, khanate of the golden. Reaction to the mongols in europe/ pax mongolica and travel.
