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Uyghur Technologists of Writing and Literacy in Mongol China

Uyghur Technologists of Writing and Literacy in Mongol China michael c. brose 396 UYGHUR TECHNOLOGISTS OF WRITING AND LITERACY IN MONGOL CHINA 1 by MICHAEL C. BROSE University of Wyoming One issue that is often left out of most popular narratives describing the Mongol conquests and the creation of their world-wide empire is the fact that the Mongols were also interested in the cultures of the great settled civilizations they conquered, for practical and ideologi- cal reasons. They generally took pains to preserve those societies’ artisans, craftsmen and technologists from slaughter and sent them to work throughout the rapidly expanding empire. In fact, a great deal of intellectual and technological exchange across Eurasia took place as a direct result of the Mongol conquests. 2 One of the most important technologies that the Mongols acquired as a result of their expansion and conquest of others was a writing system and attendant literacy. As soon as Temujin, the future Ching- gis Qan, began to expand his confederation beyond the Mongol tribes by conquering other tribes and states, he recognized the need for people in his administration who were “skillful in the laws and customs of cities.” 3 It was one thing to conquer, quite another to rule for an http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png T'oung Pao Brill

Uyghur Technologists of Writing and Literacy in Mongol China

Brose, Michael
T'oung Pao , Volume 91 (4): 396 – Jan 1, 2005
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© 2005 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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michael c. brose 396 UYGHUR TECHNOLOGISTS OF WRITING AND LITERACY IN MONGOL CHINA 1 by MICHAEL C. BROSE University of Wyoming One issue that is often left out of most popular narratives describing the Mongol conquests and the creation of their world-wide empire is the fact that the Mongols were also interested in the cultures of the great settled civilizations they conquered, for practical and ideologi- cal reasons. They generally took pains to preserve those societies’ artisans, craftsmen and technologists from slaughter and sent them to work throughout the rapidly expanding empire. In fact, a great deal of intellectual and technological exchange across Eurasia took place as a direct result of the Mongol conquests. 2 One of the most important technologies that the Mongols acquired as a result of their expansion and conquest of others was a writing system and attendant literacy. As soon as Temujin, the future Ching- gis Qan, began to expand his confederation beyond the Mongol tribes by conquering other tribes and states, he recognized the need for people in his administration who were “skillful in the laws and customs of cities.” 3 It was one thing to conquer, quite another to rule for an

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