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We know they had maps reaching as far as britany, France. And they were aware of the Pyrenees. But what I wanted to highlight was that the most prized territor

We know they had maps reaching as far as britany, France. And they were aware of the Pyrenees. But what I wanted to highlight was that the most prized territory were in the east. For instance in the division you linked the supposed ruler on the empire after Gengis Khan dead was a Yuan, sitting in Beijing and holding the Title or khan of khan. ( even if that did not worked out so well ) Anyway; I’m not an expert ,by far. I mostly regurgitate bits from the Dan Carlin show on the subject. I remember him putting a emphase on how the Mongols were turned East first, culturally and in intends, and only eventually west. ( great in depth série, 10h or so long, even if I can’t stand his bombastic style )

thaumasiotes 5y ago
> We know they had maps reaching as far as britany, France. And they were aware of the Pyrenees. So what? We also know they never reached either of those places. It's easy to have maps. > For instance in the division you linked the supposed ruler on the empire after Gengis Khan dead was a Yuan, sitting in Beijing Again, so what? A traditional title of the king of Assyria was "King of the Universe". It coexisted with the much less aspirational title "King of Assyria". But it didn't mean anything. Kublai Khan held a title that implied he held authority over other divisions of the Mongols.[1] And in fact he held no such authority, and nobody believed that he did. And...? [1] Though that title wasn't just "Khan"... everyone in charge of anything was called Khan. What title do you think the head of the Il-khanate held?
- dopidopHN 5y ago
  > So what? I find it interesting, don’t you ? That’s all.