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I highly recommend you check out a biography of Genghis Khan. I think you will find that you hold a few misconceptions about the Mongol Empire, as I did when I

I highly recommend you check out a biography of Genghis Khan. I think you will find that you hold a few misconceptions about the Mongol Empire, as I did when I read more about him abs what he did. For example, the Mongol empire hosted the very first theological debate and was itself run as a sort of modern corporation. The Soviet Union did quite a bit to mar it all up.

Amezarak 6y ago
"Theological debate" must require a lot of qualifiers, because there certainly were an abundance of theological debates prior to the Mongols, some of them historically famous.
gostsamo 6y ago
What do you mean with "theological debate"? I'm asking because this is rather broad term which could be disputed.
- keiferski 6y ago
  https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_the_Mongol_Empire https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_the_Mongol_Empir...
  - gostsamo 6y ago
    So, debate as a performance? This makes it much less innovative than it sounds. It was customary for big religions to stage such debates when trying to convert a pagan society. Check the history of Cyril and Methodius and their khazar mission which is 4-5 hundreds years prier.
    - keiferski 6y ago
      Except the Mongols weren’t trying to convert anyone, nor was it purely a performance.
      - gostsamo 6y ago
        Yes, so the participants in the debates were doing it for what if not to prove their religions? And the audience was their either to bee converted or to enjoy themselves.
        keiferski 6y ago
        The Mongols held theological debates, for various reasons. It was a novel thing in that place at the time. Political reasons, cultural reasons, and pure curiosity from Genghis and subsequent leaders. The Mughal (term derived from mongol, although they had a tenuous relationship) leader Akbar did similar things about 300 years later. I recommend reading Genghis Khan and the Quest for God if you want further information. https://www.amazon.com/Genghis-Khan-Quest-God-Conqueror/dp/0735221154 https://www.amazon.com/Genghis-Khan-Quest-God-Conqueror/dp/0...

Amezarak 6y ago

"Theological debate" must require a lot of qualifiers, because there certainly were an abundance of theological debates prior to the Mongols, some of them historically famous.

gostsamo 6y ago

What do you mean with "theological debate"? I'm asking because this is rather broad term which could be disputed.

keiferski 6y ago
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_the_Mongol_Empire https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_the_Mongol_Empir...
- gostsamo 6y ago
  So, debate as a performance? This makes it much less innovative than it sounds. It was customary for big religions to stage such debates when trying to convert a pagan society. Check the history of Cyril and Methodius and their khazar mission which is 4-5 hundreds years prier.
  - keiferski 6y ago
    Except the Mongols weren’t trying to convert anyone, nor was it purely a performance.
    - gostsamo 6y ago
      Yes, so the participants in the debates were doing it for what if not to prove their religions? And the audience was their either to bee converted or to enjoy themselves.
      - keiferski 6y ago
        The Mongols held theological debates, for various reasons. It was a novel thing in that place at the time. Political reasons, cultural reasons, and pure curiosity from Genghis and subsequent leaders. The Mughal (term derived from mongol, although they had a tenuous relationship) leader Akbar did similar things about 300 years later. I recommend reading Genghis Khan and the Quest for God if you want further information. https://www.amazon.com/Genghis-Khan-Quest-God-Conqueror/dp/0735221154 https://www.amazon.com/Genghis-Khan-Quest-God-Conqueror/dp/0...