1. "The Dog of War" Subutai (Mongolia Information/History)
Subutai (Mongolian: Сүбээдэй, Sübeedei; Classic Mongolian: Sübügätäi or Sübü'ätäi; Chinese: 速不...
3. Buddhism in Mongolia (Mongolia Information/History)
Buddhism in Mongolia has been influenced by Tibetan Buddhism. Traditional Mongols worshiped heaven (the "clear blue sky") and their ancestors, and they followed ancient northern Asian practices of shamanism,
in which hum...
5. Han Chinese in Mongolia (Mongolia Information/History)
The Chinese in Mongolia have not been very well-documented. Mongolia's 1956 census counted ethnic Chinese as 1.9% of the population; the United States government estimated their proportion to be 2% in 1987, or roughly 40,000 peop...
6. Karakorum "The First Capital" (Mongolia Information/History)
Karakorum (also K'a-la-k'un-lun, Khara-khorin, Kharakhorum, Khara Khorum in Classical Mongolian) was an ancient palace and "capital city"...
7. Kublai Khan (Mongolia Information/History)
Kublai Khan, Khubilai Khan or "the last of the Great Khans" (September 23, 1215 - February 18, 1294) (Mongolian: Хубилай хаан, Chinese: &#...
8. Mongol military tactics and organization (Mongolia Information/History)
The Mongol military tactics and organization helped the Mongols
to conquer nearly all of continental Asia, the Middle East and parts of
eastern Europe. In many ways, it can be regarded as the first "modern"
military sy...
Akira
KAMIMURA, lecturer, faculty of Mongolian studies, Tokyo University of
Foreign Studies launched an innovative website on old Mongolian
manuscripts maps in cooperation with the state archive of Mongolia. It contains 16 precious maps which are stored at the state archive for
academic use. The oldest map was estimated being made in 1803-1805.
A remarkable
feature of this web site is that you can find manuscripts written on
those maps by an advanced search function. All content of the maps has been indexed and easily accessible with the advanced search function.
For
instance, if you type, "erdeni"(transcription of Mongol bichig as
"erdene"), you get 24 search results and it says "erdeni" is written on
4 different maps. Then, it indicates where the search words are found
on the specific places of the maps. Also, you can add search conditions
among 20 items.
KAMIMURA
hopes this web site helps progress on study of Mongolian history and
many other related disciplines. Not only for the academic use, it is
also beautiful and interesting to appreciate.
