Birds of the Mongol Empire
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6144773 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Eugene N Anderson (University of California, Riverside, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication date | 2016-09-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ethnobiology Letters (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2159-8126 • E-ISSN: 2159-8126 |
| Publisher | Society of Ethnobiology (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.14237/ebl.7.1.2016.715 |
| OpenAlex | W2513164575 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 3 |
The Mongol Empire, the largest contiguous empire the world has ever known, had, among other things, a goodly number of falconers, poultry raisers, birdcatchers, cooks, and other experts on various aspects of birding. We have records of this, largely in the Yinshan Zhengyao, the court nutrition manual of the Mongol empire in China (the Yuan Dynasty). It discusses in some detail 22 bird taxa, from swans to chickens. The Huihui Yaofang, a medical encyclopedia, lists ten taxa used medicinally. Marco Polo also made notes on Mongol bird use. There are a few other records. This allows us to draw conclusions about Mongol ornithology, which apparently was sophisticated and detailed
Ancient history · Archaeology · Art history · Biography · Biology · China · Empire · Encyclopedia · Geography · Historical record · Ornithology · Political science · Southern Hemisphere · Taxon · Animal Diversity and Health Studies · Eurasian Exchange Networks · History · Law · Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research · Ecology
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |