Mongol Caucasia : invasions, conquest, and government of a frontier region in thirteenth-century Eurasia (1204-1295) / by Lorenzo Pubblici ; translated by Andrew Smaldone

• Superior document: Brill's Inner Asian library 41
• VerfasserIn: Pubblici, Lorenzo 1972-
• ÜbersetzerIn: Smaldone, Andrew
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Boston : Brill, [2022]; © 2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English; Italian
• Series: Brill's Inner Asian library 41
• Physical Description: XII, 265 Seiten; Karten
• Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index

Preface to the English edition -- Acknowledgments -- Note on transliteration -- List of maps -- Introduction -- The premises -- North: the Pontic Steppes before the Mongol "Squall": Cumans, Byzantium and Kievan Rus' -- Caucasia, nomadism and immigration -- Building a people -- A new geography: the Mongol expansion in the Caucasus and the Azov Basin -- The political consequences of the Mongol conquests and the Caucasian "Separation" -- The religious factor and the problem of integration after the conquest -- Population and coexistence. The demographic factor between conquest and reconstruction -- Conclusions: results and perspectives -- Bibliography -- Index.

"The work focuses on the Mongol conquest and domination of Caucasia in the 13th century, from the Sea of Azov in the north to present-day Georgia and Armenia. While sedentary civilizations and nomadic cultures had a long history of interaction in this region, the Mongol conquest made it into a frontier in which Medieval Europe and Asia became more intensely integrated and interconnected. The Mongols made Caucasia into a coherent power based on both European and Asian experiences and traditions. The genesis of this deeply transformational process constitutes the central theme of this book"--