RN Documentary: Cavalry, Caravans and Christians: Genghis Khan and Europe's first global age
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
Length: 29:30
Genghis Khan and his descendants gained control of an area as big as Africa, the largest land empire in history stretching into Europe. The arrival of the Mongols at the gates of fortified towns in Poland, Russia, and Hungary coincided with the Christian Crusades and completely perplexed the Europeans. The ?Tartars?, as they were called were seen by some as ?cannibals from Hell?, but even after the Mongols suddenly withdrew from the West, European curiosity was aroused, and envoys were sent by the kings and popes to the Mongol courts in the Far East. The Silk Road, under the control of one single Mongol khan, became a thoroughfare for the exchange of people, goods, and ideas that helped to give birth to the Renaissance and resulted in the first direct but also lasting contact between East and West.
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Genghis Khan and his descendants gained control of an area as big as Africa, the largest land empire in history stretching into Europe. The arrival of the Mongols at the gates of fortified towns in Poland, Russia, and Hungary coincided with the Christian Crusades and completely perplexed the Europeans. The ?Tartars?, as they were called were seen by some as ?cannibals from Hell?, but even after the Mongols suddenly withdrew from the West, European curiosity was aroused, and envoys were sent by the kings and popes to the Mongol courts in the Far East. The Silk Road, under the control of one single Mongol khan, became a thoroughfare for the exchange of people, goods, and ideas that helped to give birth to the Renaissance and resulted in the first direct but also lasting contact between East and West.
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MUSIC: Passages, WEATHERFORD 1A: In the summer?tribes. (27?) INTRO:
WEATHERFORD 1B: And the people..to this day. (30?)(or sooner) SOUND: Hurray sound SOUND: Leve de Koninigin?hurra. Every year, when the Queen of the Netherlands opens parliament, she is acclaimed with a triple ?hurrah?, a custom that has come down to us from the Mongols. (10?) WEATHERFORD 14: Yes it was picked?hurray. (29?) SOUND: Mongol Hurra This uncanny overlap of ancient custom and modern ritual is just a faint echo down the centuries of the tremendous impact which the Mongol invasions had on Europe. Dr. Jack Weatherford is professor of anthropology...
Radio Netherlands Worldwide presents:
?CAVALRY, CARAVANS, AND CHRISTIANS:
Genghis Khan and Europe?s First Global Age?,
Presented by Marijke van der Meer
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Dori Jaffe
Posted on January 15, 2011 at 03:30 PM | Permalink
Very interesting! Wish it were longer.
I would love to hear more details about the Mongol's in general, and about their influence on all of the cultures you spoke of. Thank you for opening up a subject that I certainly knew virtually nothing about!