Beyond the Legacy of Genghis Khan

This volume offers a wide-ranging account of the Mongols in western and eastern Asia in the aftermath of Genghis Khan s disruptive invasions of the early thirteenth century, focusing on the significant cultural, social, religious and political changes that followed in their wake."

About the author

Linda Komaroff, Ph.D. (1984) the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, is curator of Islamic art and department head, at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Her publications and scholarly interests have focused primarily on the Iranian world. Her exhibitions at LACMA include "The Legacy of Genghis Khan: Courtly Art and Culture in Western Asia, 1256-1353" (2003), whose related symposium provided the occasion for this book.

Product details

• Assisted by: Linda Komaroff (Editor)
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.10.2006
• EAN: 9789004150836
• ISBN: 978-90-04-15083-6
• No. of pages: 678
• Weight: 1379 g
• Series: Islamic History and Civilizati
• Subject: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous