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Riding Windhorses

Author : Sarangerel
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1594775389
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (947 download)

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Download or read book Riding Windhorses written by Sarangerel and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2000-03-01 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first book written about Mongolian and Siberian shamanism by a shaman trained in that tradition. • A thorough introduction to Mongolian and Siberian shamanic beliefs and practices, which, until the collapse of the Soviet Union, were banned from being practiced. • Includes rituals for healing and divination techniques. In traditional Mongolian-Buryat culture, shamans play an important role maintaining the tegsh, the "balance" of the community. They counsel a path of moderation in one's actions and reverence for the natural world, which they view as mother to humanity. Mongolians believe that if natural resources are taken without thanking the spirits for what they have given, those resources will not be replaced. Unlike many other cultures whose shamanic traditions were undermined by modern civilization, shamans in the remote areas of southern Siberia and Mongolia are still the guardians of the environment, the community, and the natural order. Riding Windhorses is the first book written on Mongolian and Siberian shamanism by a shaman trained in that tradition. A thorough introduction to Mongolian/Siberian shamanic beliefs and practices, it includes working knowledge of the basic rituals and various healing and divination techniques. Many of the rituals and beliefs described here have never been published and are the direct teachings of the author's own shaman mentors.

Modern Mongolia

Author : Paula L. W. Sabloff
Publisher : UPenn Museum of Archaeology
ISBN 13 : 9780924171901
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (719 download)

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Download or read book Modern Mongolia written by Paula L. W. Sabloff and published by UPenn Museum of Archaeology. This book was released on 2001 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Dr. D. Bumaa, 20th-century historian at the National Museum of Mongolian History, then presents the exciting history of Mongolia's century-long struggle to establish independence, first from Manchu Chinese feudal overlords and then from Soviety Communists.".

Lost in Mongolia

Author : Colin Angus
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 0385660146
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (856 download)

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Download or read book Lost in Mongolia written by Colin Angus and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2003-09-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the Yenisey’s headwaters in the wild heart of central Asia to its mouth on the Arctic Ocean, Colin Angus and his fellow adventurers travel 5,500 kilometres of one of the world’s most dangerous rivers through remotest Mongolia and Siberia, and live to tell about it. Exploration is Colin Angus’ calling. It is not only the tug of excitement and challenge that keeps sending him on death-defying journeys down some of the world’s most powerful waterways, it is a desire to know a place more intimately than you could from the window of a train, to feel the soul of a place. Angus emphasizes that rivers have always been key to the development of complex societies and the rise of civilizations, offering as they do irrigation, transportation, hydroelectric power, and food. But, as Lost in Mongolia captures with breathtaking detail, while they giveth plenty, the great rivers also taketh away in an instant. In Lost in Mongolia, Colin Angus takes readers through never-before-seen territory and his wonderful sense of adventure and humour come through on every page.

Dateline Mongolia

Author : Michael Kohn
Publisher : RDR Books
ISBN 13 : 9781571431554
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (315 download)

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Download or read book Dateline Mongolia written by Michael Kohn and published by RDR Books. This book was released on 2006 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Michael Kohn, editor of the Mongol Messenger, is one steppe ahead of the journalistic posse in this epic Western set in the Far East. Kohn's book is an irresistible account of a nation where falcon poachers, cattle rustlers, exiled Buddhist leaders, death-defying child jockeys and political assassins vie for page one. The turf war between lamas, shamans, Mormon elders and ministers provides the spiritual backdrop in this nation recently liberated from Soviet orthodoxy. From the reincarnated Bogd Khaan and his press spokesman to vodka-fueled racing entrepreneurs and political leaders unclear on the concept of freedom of the press, Kohn explores one of Asia's most fascinating, mysterious and misunderstood lands.

Genghis Khan and the Quest for God

Author : Jack Weatherford
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0735221162
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (352 download)

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Download or read book Genghis Khan and the Quest for God written by Jack Weatherford and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2016-10-25 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A landmark biography by the New York Times bestselling author of Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World that reveals how Genghis harnessed the power of religion to rule the largest empire the world has ever known. Throughout history the world's greatest conquerors have made their mark not just on the battlefield, but in the societies they have transformed. Genghis Khan conquered by arms and bravery, but he ruled by commerce and religion. He created the world's greatest trading network and drastically lowered taxes for merchants, but he knew that if his empire was going to last, he would need something stronger and more binding than trade. He needed religion. And so, unlike the Christian, Taoist and Muslim conquerors who came before him, he gave his subjects freedom of religion. Genghis lived in the 13th century, but he struggled with many of the same problems we face today: How should one balance religious freedom with the need to reign in fanatics? Can one compel rival religions - driven by deep seated hatred--to live together in peace? A celebrated anthropologist whose bestselling Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World radically transformed our understanding of the Mongols and their legacy, Jack Weatherford has spent eighteen years exploring areas of Mongolia closed until the fall of the Soviet Union and researching The Secret History of the Mongols, an astonishing document written in code that was only recently discovered. He pored through archives and found groundbreaking evidence of Genghis's influence on the founding fathers and his essential impact on Thomas Jefferson. Genghis Khan and the Quest for God is a masterpiece of erudition and insight, his most personal and resonant work.

Mongol

Author : Uuganaa Ramsay
Publisher : Saraband
ISBN 13 : 1915089190
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (15 download)

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Download or read book Mongol written by Uuganaa Ramsay and published by Saraband. This book was released on 2022-01-01 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Exteremely interesting...emotionally engaging" (Stuart Kelly). Uuganaa is a Mongol living in Britain, far from the world she grew up in: as a nomadic herder she lived in a rt, eating marmot meat, distilling vodka from goat's yoghurt and learning about Comrade Lenin. When her new-born son Billy is diagnosed with Down's Syndrome, she finds herself facing bigotry and taboo as well as heartbreak. In this powerful memoir, Uuganaa skilfully interweaves the extraordinary story of her own childhood in Mongolia with the sadly short life of Billy, who becomes a symbol of union and disunion, cultures and complexity, stigma and superstition - and inspires Uuganaa to challenge prejudice. Mongol is the touching story of one woman's transformation from outsider to fearless champion of love, respect and tolerance. It's a moving tribute by a remarkable woman to her beloved baby son, testifying to his lasting impact on a sometimes imperfect world.

On the Trail of Genghis Khan

Author : Tim Cope
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1408825058
Total Pages : 529 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (88 download)

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Download or read book On the Trail of Genghis Khan written by Tim Cope and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 529 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The personal tale of an Australian adventurer's tragedy and triumph that is packed with historical insights. On the Trail of Genghis Khan is at once a celebration of and an elegy for an ancient way of life. Supported by an epic Australian and New Zealand Tour.

Live from Mongolia

Author : Patricia Sexton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780825307973
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (79 download)

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Download or read book Live from Mongolia written by Patricia Sexton and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author discusses how she quit her job at a Wall Street investment bank to pursue her dream and become a foreign correspondent for a Mongolian news station.

Genghis Khan and the Mongol Empire

Author : William W. Fitzhugh
Publisher : Odyssey Books & Maps
ISBN 13 : 9789622178359
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (783 download)

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Download or read book Genghis Khan and the Mongol Empire written by William W. Fitzhugh and published by Odyssey Books & Maps. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Accessible scholarly treatment of Mongol history for the wider public, offering a comprehensive view from pre-historic times to the modern age.

Mongolia - Culture Smart!

Author : Alan Sanders
Publisher : Kuperard
ISBN 13 : 1857337182
Total Pages : 169 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (573 download)

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Download or read book Mongolia - Culture Smart! written by Alan Sanders and published by Kuperard. This book was released on 2016-02-01 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mongolia is landlocked between its neighbors China and Russia in the heart of Asia. For centuries after the disintegration of Genghis Khan's empire it was ruled by one or the other, but in 1990 the Mongols embraced democracy. Now, after two centuries of Manchu stagnation and seventy years of Soviet communism, they are rebuilding their national heritage. Rarely in the news but making progress toward a market economy, this resource-rich but infrastructure-poor country is a land of pioneers, and its greatest asset is the Mongol people, who are friendly, cooperative, ambitious, and well educated. English is now the first foreign language and the country's leaders are forging new partnerships with international investors. Travelers from across the world are drawn to the "land of blue sky" by its picturesque mountains and lakes, flower-carpeted steppes and stony deserts, home to the snow leopard, the wild horse and camel, and the Gobi bear. The broad pasturelands, with herds of grazing livestock, and the traditional lifestyle of the nomads contrast with the busy streets of the capital Ulan Bator, a bustling metropolis of over one million people, modern hotels, apartments, and shops, interspersed with Buddhist monasteries and temples, surrounded by crowded suburbs of traditional felt tents. Mongolia's many attractions range from dinosaur skeletons and the remains of ancient civilizations to relics and reenactments of the Genghis Khan era, and the traditional sports of wrestling, archery, and horse-racing. Culture Smart! Mongolia provides rare insights into contemporary Mongolian society, and offers practical tips on what to expect and how to conduct yourself in order to get the most out of your visit. Despite the undeniable challenges posed by modernity, these warm, tough, adaptable, and hospitable people welcome visitors and are open to the world.

Women and the Making of the Mongol Empire

Author : Anne F. Broadbridge
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108636624
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (86 download)

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Download or read book Women and the Making of the Mongol Empire written by Anne F. Broadbridge and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018-07-18 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How did women contribute to the rise of the Mongol Empire while Mongol men were conquering Eurasia? This book positions women in their rightful place in the otherwise well-known story of Chinggis Khan (commonly known as Genghis Khan) and his conquests and empire. Examining the best known women of Mongol society, such as Chinggis Khan's mother, Hö'elün, and senior wife, Börte, as well as those who were less famous but equally influential, including his daughters and his conquered wives, we see the systematic and essential participation of women in empire, politics and war. Anne F. Broadbridge also proposes a new vision of Chinggis Khan's well-known atomized army by situating his daughters and their husbands at the heart of his army reforms, looks at women's key roles in Mongol politics and succession, and charts the ways the descendants of Chinggis Khan's daughters dominated the Khanates that emerged after the breakup of the Empire in the 1260s.

Wild East

Author : Jill Lawless
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant
ISBN 13 : 9781459645783
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (457 download)

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Download or read book Wild East written by Jill Lawless and published by ReadHowYouWant. This book was released on 2012-08 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For most of us, the name Mongolia conjures up exotic images of wild horsemen, endless grasslands, and nomads - a timeless and mysterious land that is also, in many ways, one that time forgot. Under Genghis Khan, the Mongols' empire stretched across Asia and into the heart of Europe. But over the centuries Mongolia disappeared from the world's consciousness, overshadowed and dominated by its huge neighbours - first China, which ruled Mongolia for centuries, then Russia, which transformed the feudal nation into the world's second communist state. Jill Lawless arrived in Mongolia in the late 1990s to find a country waking from centuries of isolation, at once rediscovering its heritage as a nomadic and Buddhist society and simultaneously discovering the western world. The result is a land of fascinating, bewildering contrasts: a vast country where nomadic herders graze their sheep and yaks on the steppe, it also has one of the world's highest literacy levels and a burgeoning high - tech scene. While trendy teenagers rollerblade amid the Soviet apartment blocks of Ulaanbaatar and dance to the latest pop music in nightclubs, and the rich drive Mercedes and surf the Internet, more than half the population still lives in felt tents, scratching out a living in one of the world's harshest landscapes. Mongolia, it can be argued, is the archetypal 21st - century nation, a country waking from a tumultuous 20th century in which it was wrenched from feudalism to communism to capitalism, searching for its place in the new millennium. This is a funny and revealing portrait of a beautiful, troubled country whose fate holds lessons for all of us.

Mongolian Journey

Author : Henning Haslund
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429619278
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (296 download)

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Download or read book Mongolian Journey written by Henning Haslund and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-04-01 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1946, Mongolian Journey follows Henning Haslund's trip across Mongolia, inspired by the 'desire to see what was hidden on the other side of the farthest of all known passes.' It includes chapters on the younger generation of Mongolia, robber life in Mongolia, and Jasaktu Land, among many others.

The Mongol Conquests

Author : Carl Fredrik Sverdrup
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1913118223
Total Pages : 609 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (131 download)

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Download or read book The Mongol Conquests written by Carl Fredrik Sverdrup and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2017-05-04 with total page 609 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A scholarly, detailed history of how the Mongols created the greatest landlocked empire in history” (Midwest Book Review). The Mongols created the greatest landlocked empire known to history. It was an empire created and sustained by means of conquest. Initially an insignificant tribal leader, Genghis Khan gradually increased his power, overcoming one rival after another. After he had subjugated all tribes of Inner Asia, he struck southward into China and later attacked distant Khwarizm in the Near East. Sübe’etei continued to make significant conquests after Genghis Khan died, conquering central China and leading a large force into the heart of Europe. Between them, Genghis Khan and Sube’etei directed more than 40 campaigns, fought more than 60 battles, and conquered all lands from Korea in the east to Hungary and Poland in the west. This book offers a detailed narrative of the military operations of these two leaders, based on early Mongolian, Chinese, Near Eastern, and European sources. Making full use of Chinese sourced not translated properly into any European language, the account offer details never before given in English works. Detailed maps showing the operations support the text. Many conventional wisdom views of the Mongols, such as their use of terror as a deliberate strategy, or their excellence at siege warfare, are shown to be incorrect. This is a major contribution to our knowledge of the Mongols and their way of warfare. “History is littered with great leaders leading great armies and conquering large swathes of the world—Attila the Hun, Alexander the Great, the Roman Empire . . . but none perhaps as staggering as that of Genghis Khan. I have never heard of Sube’etei, I’m ashamed to say, until now, in this excellent book by Carl Fredrik Sverdrup. Asian history has never particularly appealed to me, but this is big history, and the author’s style makes it compelling and readable.” —Books Monthly “This is a very valuable addition to the literature on the Mongol conquests, giving us a much clearer idea of the detailed course of their campaigns, the world in which they took place, and the methods used to win them.” —History of War

Amazon Extreme

Author : Colin Angus
Publisher : Anchor Canada
ISBN 13 : 0307372065
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (73 download)

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Download or read book Amazon Extreme written by Colin Angus and published by Anchor Canada. This book was released on 2009-03-19 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The hair-raising true story of the first team to raft the entire length of the Amazon. To a trio of twenty-something adrenaline junkies, it sounded like an irresistible challenge: Tackle the Amazon with nothing more than a rubber raft between them and fate. In Amazon Extreme Colin Angus provides a you-are-there account of his expedition’s terrors and triumphs. In spite of Shining Path gunmen, mosquito-laden drinking water, and, of course, the terrifying rapids themselves, his crew also found a reverence for the equally compelling beauty that makes this region so renowned. Graceful dolphins, lush forests, and the intriguing people who live along the river complete the backdrop as Angus’s five-month excursion unfolds. Culminating in an astonishing victory that garnered major media coverage, this is the story of three guys who truly went off the deep end, and one who came back to write a riveting recollection of it.

Rough Magic

Author : Lara Prior-Palmer
Publisher : Ebury Press
ISBN 13 : 9781785038860
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (388 download)

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Download or read book Rough Magic written by Lara Prior-Palmer and published by Ebury Press. This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lara Prior-Palmer was seeking the unknown. In search of adventure aged nineteen, she entered the world's toughest horse race - a 1000km. ride through extreme conditions in the Mongolian wilderness.

Larson - Duke of Mongolia

Author : Frans August Larson
Publisher : Grigson Press
ISBN 13 : 1443724394
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (437 download)

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Download or read book Larson - Duke of Mongolia written by Frans August Larson and published by Grigson Press. This book was released on 2008-11 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: LARSON DUKE OF MONGOLIA BY FRANS AUGUST LARSON - CONTENTS I THE NOBLES 3 II THE PEOPLE 46 III LAMAISM 81 IV THE LIVING BUDDHA . . . in V MARRIAGE AND OTHER CEREMONIES 135 VI HORSES 158 VII CAMELS, CATTLE, SHEEP, AND GOATS 186 VIII POLITICAL HISTORY . . . .195 IX BUSINESS 242 X CHRISTIAN MISSIONS . . . 262 XI EXPEDITIONS 272 XII CLIMATE AND GEOGRAPHY . . 288 ILLUSTRATIONS FRANS AUGUST LARSON, DUKE OF MONGOLIA Frontispiece THE PRINCE OF HANTA AND HIS SON-IN-LAW . 20 THE DUKE OF HANTA AND LOB-TSEN YEN TSEN 3O THE WOODEN FRAMEWORK OF A YURTA . 52 THE MONGOLIANS DO NOT PITCH THEIR TENTS IN VILLAGE GROUPS EACH FAMILY STANDS ITS TENTS ALONE 58 THE INTERIOR OF A TEMPLE 82 THE PRINCE OF SUNIT AND HIS BROTHER, THE HEAD LAMA OF THE STATE LAMAS SERY . 106 THE LIVING BUDDHA IN HIS SEVENTEENTH YEAR 114 A MONGOLIAN FROM THE WESTERN PROVINCES . 130 MONGOLIAN WOMEN 148 THE HORSE is MONGOLIAS GOLD . . . 160 THE MONGOL LASSO IN USE - . - . 174 THE AUTHOR MOUNTED ON A YOUNG RIDING CAMEL 188 MONGOLIAN SNUFF BOTTLES AND FOOD BASINS 252 SVEN HEDIN AND FRANS LARSON . . . 284 MR. LARSON SPENT THREE WEEKS OF MID WINTER IN THIS No MANS LAND, . 290 LARSON, DUKE OF MONGOLIA