The Mongols in World History Website

[Rob_Hugo@PortNW]

For those of you interested in some general information on the Mongols (i.e. Becca), or for really anything on Asian history, Columbia University has an awesome website titled "Asia for Educators" which can be found at http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/. The website provides a wealth of resources in almost all areas and eras imaginable. It also provides educators with other recommended websites and teaching units. However, for those of you who are solely interested on the Mongols, the following is the direct link for that section of the website.

http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/mongols/

Enjoy!

Manuel 😀

[Anonymous]

Kudos to Mr. Mendoza for finding and referencing this web site. I took a look, and I learned several things. Based upon this new knowledge, I will need to go back and update a previous log I made after one of our previous class meetings, where I wondered why the Chinese did not take up the field of science, and why the Islamic world did not bring some of their knowledge into the Asian sphere. This web site has corrected my understanding and answered these questions.

Respectfully submitted,
Walt Banta

[Anonymous]

Whoa! This rocks! Thanks, Manuel!!!

I hope it stays put--websites have a habit of being ephemeral. Does anyone out there know the art of archiving HTML? I believe theoretically you can save a website as a file just in case you want it later after the owners have moved on.

--Becca

[Anonymous]

Okay so I don't study the Mongols in 6th Grade History - but of course I will pass the reference over to my 7th grade colleagues. I was able to look at the site and there are one or two links I can connect to for the Silk Road under related links.

[Anonymous]

Hi!

Here's another very interesting site from Arachaology magazine about underwater archaeology and excavation of the wreckage of the Mongol fleets of Japan:

Relics of the Kamikaze

Very interesting, lots of good information, presented at a high school level.

Best,

Becca

[Anonymous]

This is a great site for student research. It contains a wealth of information on different topics. i have not yet been through the entire site, but the site on Mongol history. It has several different images from each of the topics which are good for the ESL students that i teach.

[Anonymous]

There is a really great film on the Mongols and specifically Genghis Khan called Mongol. It is long but it would be an excellent teaching tool if it was shown in parts. I remember growing up "Genghis Khan" represented something really negative. This movie is interesting because it shows a more complete picture of the man as opposed to the myth.

[Anonymous]

This resource is excellent, especially in discussing the (arguably) most imporant non-Chinese people in Chinese history.

I'm normally not well attuned to aestetics, but I thought the use of color and images on this particular site are very engaging.

This site seems to be full of excellent links too. For example, I clicked on "Related Links" and received a list of interesting links in another browser window. When I clicked on the link from National Geographic concerning Genghis Khan, I discovered that there are other spellings (and misspellings) of his name, including "Genghis". Also, I found a very easy-to-understand timeline of his life that whose titles succinctly show why he became such a conqueror. I'm sure that clicking on the links in the timeline will explain in great detail who he was and how and why he became who he was.

Clicking on the "Asia for Educators" link in the upper right corner of the screen takes you to an even greater wealth of information.

Excellent link and excellent website!

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the tip on the website on Mongols in World History. I didn't know much about Mongols, and the fact that they were outsiders who control China throughout history. I find that the tips on websites are very useful. Without the seminar, I wouldn't have thought to look into this history, or had a reason to, except for my own interest, and now that I have been exposed to the history, I have a reason to take a closer look.

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