全球與公共事務研究所講座: 慶祝澳門大學45周年校慶 ── Mongols
講者：Christopher PAIK教授/紐約大學阿布扎比分校文理學院政治學副教授
日期：16/03/2025 (一)
時間：10:00 – 11:30
地點：E21B-G002
語言: 英語
內容: Prior to the rise of the West and European seaborne empires, the world witnessed another empire’s meteoric rise in the thirteenth century: the Mongols. At its apex, the Central Asian empire stretched its territories across Eurasia to form the largest contiguous land empire in history. What were the Empire’s immediate and long-term impacts on the conquered and the neighboring regions? In this paper, we map out the geographic extent to which the Mongols spread their territories, using historical climatic anomalies as exogenous contingencies that could drive their expansion and help us to identify regions under Mongol occupation. Next, we investigate the Empire’s subsequent impact on local development. Our main findings suggest that the Mongols’ territorial consolidation encouraged urbanization by providing a safe overland passage for traders, but their conquests and urbicides across Eurasia also negatively impacted local development subsequently.
