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The final campaign of Chinggis Khan was directed against the Tangut Xi Xia, who had rebelled against Mongol rule and conspired with their enemy, the Jin Dynasty. In this video, we examine the build up to, and course of, the Mongol destruction of the Tangut Kingdom. In following videos, we will then focus on Chinggis Khan's death, and the theories around it.
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Mongol Invasion of the Tangut Kingdom, 1209-1210: • The Mongol Invasion of...
Mongol Invasion of the Jin Empire, 1211-1212: • The Mongol Invasion of...
Mongol Invasion of the Jin Empire, 1212-1214:
• The Mongol Invasion of...
Mongol Invasion of the Jin Empire, 1214-1216:
• Mongol-Jin War 1214-12...
The Campaigns of Mukhali, 1217-1223: • The Campaigns of Mukha...
The Mongol Invasion of the Khwarezmian Empire: • The Mongol Invasion of...
Chinggis Khan and Qiu Chuji: • Chinggis Khan's Quest ...
PRIMARY SOURCES
The Secret History of the Mongols: A Mongolian Epic Chronicle of the
Thirteenth Century. Translated by Igor de Rachewiltz. Edited by John C. Street.
University of Wisconsin: Madison, 2015. cedar.wwu.edu/... See chapter 12 (page 185) for the Tangut campaign
‘Ala-ad-Din ‘Ata-Malik Juvaini, The History of the World-Conqueror. Vol. I. Translated by John Andrew Boyle. Harvard: Harvard University Press, 1958. archive.org/st... See Chapter XXIX, starting page 178, for the relevant chapter
De Rachewiltz, Igor. “THE HSI-YU LU 西 遊 錄 BY YEH-LÜ CH'U-TS'AI 耶 律 楚 材,” Monumenta Serica 21 (1962): 1-128.
Rashiddudin Fazlullah. Jami’ u’t-tawarikh: Compendium of Chronicles: A History of the Mongols. Translated by W. M. Thackston. Cambridge: MA, 1998.
SECONDARY SOURCES:
Dunnell, Ruth. “The Fall of the Xia Empire: Sino-Steppe Relations in the Late 12th-Early 13th Centuries.” in Rulers from the Steppe: State Formation on the Eurasian Periphery, edited by Gary Seaman and Danie Marks. Ethnographic Press: University of Southern California, 1991. 158-185.
Ruth Dunnell, “The Hsi Hsia.” The Cambridge History of China, vol. 6 Alien Regimes and Border States 907-1368. Edited by Herbert Franke and Denis Twitchett. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994. 154-214. books.google.c...
Kepping, Ksenia. “Chinggis Khan’s Last Campaign as Seen by the Tanguts.” kepping.net/pdf...
Kepping, Ksenia. “The Guanyin Icon (Chinggis Khan’s Last Campaign).” www.kepping.net...
For pictures and more info on the Xi Xia tombs, check out these writeups from the Rambling Antiquarian:
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