the Jackmeister: Mongol History
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Writes about the Mongol Empire. Doing a PhD and Youtube videos on them.
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New video is now up on the reunification of the Mongol Empire in 1304. Link below
youtu.be/3NptfhbiQxA
youtu.be/3NptfhbiQxA
1/ A depiction of this scene from the famous Warqa wa Gulšāh manuscript. A romance written by the 11th century Persian poet ʿAyyūqī, it tells the story of a pair of doomed lovers, Warqa and the lady Gulšāh. The manuscript above is dated to the 13th century, and likely produced...
November 11, 2025 at 8:38 AM
1/ A depiction of this scene from the famous Warqa wa Gulšāh manuscript. A romance written by the 11th century Persian poet ʿAyyūqī, it tells the story of a pair of doomed lovers, Warqa and the lady Gulšāh. The manuscript above is dated to the 13th century, and likely produced...
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Had a very nice chat with Maggie Freeman of the New Books Network's "Nomads Past and Present" series about my book, music, and the environment in Mongolia:
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A Song for the Horses: Musical Heritage for More-than-Human Futures in Mongolia - New Books Network
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October 27, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Had a very nice chat with Maggie Freeman of the New Books Network's "Nomads Past and Present" series about my book, music, and the environment in Mongolia:
newbooksnetwork.com/a-song-for-t...
newbooksnetwork.com/a-song-for-t...
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Our summer 2025 volume has been published open access at doi.org/10.1553/medi...
October 23, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Our summer 2025 volume has been published open access at doi.org/10.1553/medi...
New paper by me with some opinions on the origins of the Second Mongol Invasion of Hungary, 1285. Link in the comments below!
October 19, 2025 at 2:59 PM
New paper by me with some opinions on the origins of the Second Mongol Invasion of Hungary, 1285. Link in the comments below!
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- I can’t believe I was hacked.
- What was your password?
- The year the Mongol Empire, with the help of the Southern Song dynasty, completed its conquest of the Jin dynasty after the final Jin stronghold of Caizhou fell.
- And when was that?
- 1234
- What was your password?
- The year the Mongol Empire, with the help of the Southern Song dynasty, completed its conquest of the Jin dynasty after the final Jin stronghold of Caizhou fell.
- And when was that?
- 1234
October 17, 2025 at 4:40 AM
- I can’t believe I was hacked.
- What was your password?
- The year the Mongol Empire, with the help of the Southern Song dynasty, completed its conquest of the Jin dynasty after the final Jin stronghold of Caizhou fell.
- And when was that?
- 1234
- What was your password?
- The year the Mongol Empire, with the help of the Southern Song dynasty, completed its conquest of the Jin dynasty after the final Jin stronghold of Caizhou fell.
- And when was that?
- 1234
New article of mine with @medievalists.bsky.social
on the most famous Mongolian wrestler princess
on the most famous Mongolian wrestler princess
The Mongol Wrestler Princess: The Story of Qutulun, by @jackmeistermongols.bsky.social www.medievalists.net/2025/10/mong... #Mongols #History #MedievalWomen
The Mongol Wrestler Princess: The Story of Qutulun - Medievalists.net
Discover the extraordinary life of Qutulun, the Mongol princess who never lost a wrestling match. Explore how this undefeated warrior and daughter of Qaidu Khan shaped politics, warfare, and legend…
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October 14, 2025 at 8:12 AM
New article of mine with @medievalists.bsky.social
on the most famous Mongolian wrestler princess
on the most famous Mongolian wrestler princess
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Listening this morning (and this afternoon) to @fallofcivilizations.com podcast on the Mongols with our Jack Wilson as historical consultant!
@jackmeistermongols.bsky.social
@jackmeistermongols.bsky.social
October 5, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Listening this morning (and this afternoon) to @fallofcivilizations.com podcast on the Mongols with our Jack Wilson as historical consultant!
@jackmeistermongols.bsky.social
@jackmeistermongols.bsky.social
Was curious to see if Grok, the Twitter AI monster, could tell me what articles I have published. It gave me this; none of these are real, and two of them at best sound similar to things I have published (but are still wrong in name or details).
September 29, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Was curious to see if Grok, the Twitter AI monster, could tell me what articles I have published. It gave me this; none of these are real, and two of them at best sound similar to things I have published (but are still wrong in name or details).
Article of mine on the Secret History of the Mongols, its content and history
#mongolempire #mongolsky #tengri
#mongolempire #mongolsky #tengri
The Secret History of the Mongols: The First Mongolian Chronicle, by @jackmeistermongols.bsky.social www.medievalists.net/2025/09/the-... #history #mongols
The Secret History of the Mongols: The First Mongolian Chronicle - Medievalists.net
Explore The Secret History of the Mongols, the unique medieval chronicle that reveals how Chinggis Khan and his empire were remembered in their own words, blending poetry, genealogy, and history.
www.medievalists.net
September 4, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Article of mine on the Secret History of the Mongols, its content and history
#mongolempire #mongolsky #tengri
#mongolempire #mongolsky #tengri
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Bahram Gur Slays a Dragon (verso), from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (940-1019 or 1025), known as the Great Mongol Shahnama https://clevelandart.org/art/1943.658.b
August 19, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Bahram Gur Slays a Dragon (verso), from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (940-1019 or 1025), known as the Great Mongol Shahnama https://clevelandart.org/art/1943.658.b
Jurchen swordsman, based on some Da Jin Dynasty 大金 (1115-1234) armour and weapons. These pieces in the photograph may not have originally gone together as one set, but it was fun to do so anyways, especially this zhanamdao (?) styled sword, and the Hannibal Lector-esque facemask...
August 19, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Jurchen swordsman, based on some Da Jin Dynasty 大金 (1115-1234) armour and weapons. These pieces in the photograph may not have originally gone together as one set, but it was fun to do so anyways, especially this zhanamdao (?) styled sword, and the Hannibal Lector-esque facemask...
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Got reminded of this fun depiction of the battle of 'Ayn Jalut, which depicts the Mamluks as Ancient Egyptians and the Pyramids in the background (the battle was fought north of Jerusalem, not in Egypt!). However, it is no longer on the Wikipedia article for the battle, which is a plus.
August 12, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Got reminded of this fun depiction of the battle of 'Ayn Jalut, which depicts the Mamluks as Ancient Egyptians and the Pyramids in the background (the battle was fought north of Jerusalem, not in Egypt!). However, it is no longer on the Wikipedia article for the battle, which is a plus.
Uploaded by user "Peng" on Twitter on 03.06.21, the single best scan I have ever come across of the Jin-era "Lady Wenji's Return to Han" 文姬歸漢圖, perhaps the single best surviving artistic depiction of Jurchen clothing
August 10, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Uploaded by user "Peng" on Twitter on 03.06.21, the single best scan I have ever come across of the Jin-era "Lady Wenji's Return to Han" 文姬歸漢圖, perhaps the single best surviving artistic depiction of Jurchen clothing
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A new episode of The Medieval Podcast with @5minmedievalist.bsky.social : Marco Polo and his World with Sharon Kinoshita www.medievalists.net/2025/08/marc... #MarcoPolo #medieval #podcast
Marco Polo and his World with Sharon Kinoshita - Medievalists.net
This week on The Medieval Podcast, Danièle speaks with Sharon Kinoshita about why Marco travelled so far, what sort of detail he wanted to share with his readers, and what was going on in the world…
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August 7, 2025 at 4:06 PM
A new episode of The Medieval Podcast with @5minmedievalist.bsky.social : Marco Polo and his World with Sharon Kinoshita www.medievalists.net/2025/08/marc... #MarcoPolo #medieval #podcast
Should be a good listen. Dr. Kinoshita is a great scholar on Marco Polo and did one of my favourite translations of the F manuscript (the oldest extant Polo manuscript, dated ca.1310) www.medievalists.net/2025/08/marc...
#tengri #mongolsky #marcopolo
#tengri #mongolsky #marcopolo
Marco Polo and his World with Sharon Kinoshita - Medievalists.net
This week on The Medieval Podcast, Danièle speaks with Sharon Kinoshita about why Marco travelled so far, what sort of detail he wanted to share with his readers, and what was going on in the world ar...
www.medievalists.net
August 7, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Should be a good listen. Dr. Kinoshita is a great scholar on Marco Polo and did one of my favourite translations of the F manuscript (the oldest extant Polo manuscript, dated ca.1310) www.medievalists.net/2025/08/marc...
#tengri #mongolsky #marcopolo
#tengri #mongolsky #marcopolo
Jurchen Jin Dynasty (大金) elites. Don't remember what I made them for originally, probably my heavy cavalry series. The Mongol Empire reused a lot of former Jin equipment and it had heavy influence on their later styles.
August 5, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Jurchen Jin Dynasty (大金) elites. Don't remember what I made them for originally, probably my heavy cavalry series. The Mongol Empire reused a lot of former Jin equipment and it had heavy influence on their later styles.
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Khitan small script also had a variant "seal script" font. There are two magnificent examples of it: the eulogies on the tombs of Emperor Daozong 道宗 (1032-1101), and of his wife, Empress Xuanyi 宣懿 (1040-1075)
August 2, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Khitan small script also had a variant "seal script" font. There are two magnificent examples of it: the eulogies on the tombs of Emperor Daozong 道宗 (1032-1101), and of his wife, Empress Xuanyi 宣懿 (1040-1075)
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Interested in the Mongol Empire and its underpinning social structure?
Have a look at my newest article, "Hypotheses for a Social History of the Apanages of the Sons of Chinggis Khan and Börte" in the last issue of Przegląd Orientalistyczny!
p. 99-116
pto.orient.uw.edu.pl/wp-content/u...
Have a look at my newest article, "Hypotheses for a Social History of the Apanages of the Sons of Chinggis Khan and Börte" in the last issue of Przegląd Orientalistyczny!
p. 99-116
pto.orient.uw.edu.pl/wp-content/u...
pto.orient.uw.edu.pl
August 2, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Interested in the Mongol Empire and its underpinning social structure?
Have a look at my newest article, "Hypotheses for a Social History of the Apanages of the Sons of Chinggis Khan and Börte" in the last issue of Przegląd Orientalistyczny!
p. 99-116
pto.orient.uw.edu.pl/wp-content/u...
Have a look at my newest article, "Hypotheses for a Social History of the Apanages of the Sons of Chinggis Khan and Börte" in the last issue of Przegląd Orientalistyczny!
p. 99-116
pto.orient.uw.edu.pl/wp-content/u...
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🚨NEW EPISODE🚨
I talked to Lhamsuren Munkh-Erdene about his work on Mongol and Chinese history and why many pre-modern states were founded by nomadic pastoralists.
Listen below ⬇️ or wherever you get your podcasts!
I talked to Lhamsuren Munkh-Erdene about his work on Mongol and Chinese history and why many pre-modern states were founded by nomadic pastoralists.
Listen below ⬇️ or wherever you get your podcasts!
The Nomadic Origin of the State - New Books Network
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August 2, 2025 at 6:57 PM
🚨NEW EPISODE🚨
I talked to Lhamsuren Munkh-Erdene about his work on Mongol and Chinese history and why many pre-modern states were founded by nomadic pastoralists.
Listen below ⬇️ or wherever you get your podcasts!
I talked to Lhamsuren Munkh-Erdene about his work on Mongol and Chinese history and why many pre-modern states were founded by nomadic pastoralists.
Listen below ⬇️ or wherever you get your podcasts!
Watched CNN last night and saw Doug Ford, premier of Ontario (Canada's largest province by population and economy), referred to as "a Canadian official." Like calling the governor of California "a US official."
August 1, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Watched CNN last night and saw Doug Ford, premier of Ontario (Canada's largest province by population and economy), referred to as "a Canadian official." Like calling the governor of California "a US official."
A substantial amount of all the "fun facts" people like about the Mongol Empire an are present in many publications, originate in the fever dream that is late 19th/early 20th century scholarship ("Mongols wearing arrow-proof silk vests," being one such)
All historians know the sinking feeling of tracking an "authoritative" reference back through several generations of writers to an unsourced assertion by someone nobody's ever heard of.
Now AI can make up new ones in no time at all.
Now AI can make up new ones in no time at all.
From my own academic research, even pre LLMs there was a huge danger of zombie factoids that begin in a respectable publication by mistake and then get reprinted for decades because no one is backtracing to the original source. Once bad info gets into the system it can take years to clear it out.
July 30, 2025 at 10:52 PM
A substantial amount of all the "fun facts" people like about the Mongol Empire an are present in many publications, originate in the fever dream that is late 19th/early 20th century scholarship ("Mongols wearing arrow-proof silk vests," being one such)
Response I added to a Twitter thread on average age of marriages in the Middle Ages and the common stereotype that it was always very young women marrying much older men.
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Most of Chinggis Khan's daughters with Börte were likely married off in their mid- to late- twenties.
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Most of Chinggis Khan's daughters with Börte were likely married off in their mid- to late- twenties.
July 30, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Response I added to a Twitter thread on average age of marriages in the Middle Ages and the common stereotype that it was always very young women marrying much older men.
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Most of Chinggis Khan's daughters with Börte were likely married off in their mid- to late- twenties.
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Most of Chinggis Khan's daughters with Börte were likely married off in their mid- to late- twenties.
1/ Ananda, Muslim grandson of Khubilai Khan. Described by Rashīd al-Dīn as "swarthy with a black beard, tall and corpulent," (RD/Boyle 325-326), Ananda was a son of Manggala and assigned to govern the lands of the former Tangut Kingdom.
July 28, 2025 at 4:49 AM
1/ Ananda, Muslim grandson of Khubilai Khan. Described by Rashīd al-Dīn as "swarthy with a black beard, tall and corpulent," (RD/Boyle 325-326), Ananda was a son of Manggala and assigned to govern the lands of the former Tangut Kingdom.