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Encyclopedia of Mongolia and the Mongol Empire

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Divinity Atlas. "Encyclopedia of Mongolia and the Mongol Empire." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sources/encyclopedia-of-mongolia-and-the-mongol-empire.

APA Style

Divinity Atlas. (n.d.). Encyclopedia of Mongolia and the Mongol Empire. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sources/encyclopedia-of-mongolia-and-the-mongol-empire

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@misc{divinityatlas-encyclopedia-of-mongolia-and-the-mongol,
  author = {Divinity Atlas},
  title = {Encyclopedia of Mongolia and the Mongol Empire},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sources/encyclopedia-of-mongolia-and-the-mongol-empire},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

Christopher P. Atwood is a historian of Mongolia and Inner Asia, and this Facts on File volume is a single author reference encyclopedia covering the Mongol Empire and the broader Turkic Mongolic steppe world from the early khaganates through the modern period. Its strength is unusual for a reference work of this scope, one specialist scholar wrote every entry, giving it a consistency of interpretation and sourcing that a multi contributor encyclopedia cannot match, while still covering an enormous range of topics, peoples and periods. Its limit is the tradeoff that comes with single authorship at this scale, individual entries are necessarily concise summaries rather than deep original research, so a claim needing extended argument on one narrow topic is better served by a focused monograph than by an encyclopedia entry, however well sourced.

Facts

Citation

Author

Christopher P. Atwood

Publisher

Facts on File

Publication Year

2004

URL

https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofmo0000atwo

Source Type

reference

Assessment

Reliability Tier

Christopher Atwood's single-author Encyclopedia of Mongolia and the Mongol Empire, from Facts on File, covering the Mongol and Turkic steppe from the early khaganates to the modern period.

Notes

A single-author reference covering the Mongol and Turkic steppe from the early khaganates to the modern period.

Cross-Tradition Connections

Associated With

Asia

This source names Asia directly: "Atwood is a historian of Mongolia and Inner Asia, and this Facts on File volume is a single author reference encyclopedia covering the Mongol Empire and the broader Turkic Mongolic steppe world from..."

Source Encyclopedia of Mongolia and the Mongol EmpireChristopher P. Atwood

Mongolia

This source names Mongolia directly: "Atwood is a historian of Mongolia and Inner Asia, and this Facts on File volume is a single author reference encyclopedia covering the Mongol Empire and the broader Turkic Mongolic steppe world from..."

Source Encyclopedia of Mongolia and the Mongol EmpireChristopher P. Atwood

Mongols

This source names Mongols directly: "Christopher P."

Source Encyclopedia of Mongolia and the Mongol EmpireChristopher P. Atwood

Claims Backed By This Source (55 claims)

This source backs 55 claims across the atlas. As facts: 33 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate, 1 open question. As cited relationships: 10 holds. Plus 10 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

Historical Figures, 19 claims: 9 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate, 1 open question, 4 holds, 4 general references.
Sources, 11 claims: 8 well-attested, 3 holds.
Doctrines, 8 claims: 5 well-attested, 1 holds, 2 general references.
Open Questions, 6 claims: 5 well-attested, 1 general references.
Articles, 4 claims: 4 well-attested.
Cultures, 4 claims: 2 well-attested, 2 general references.
Sacred Objects & Ritual Items, 3 claims: 2 holds, 1 general references.