Vér, Márton Gergő (2021) In vino veritas. Wine and its Context in the Uyghur Society: an Insight to the Economic Life of the Silk Roads. ACTA ORIENTALIA ACADEMIAE SCIENTIARUM HUNGARICAE, 74 (1). pp. 109-144. ISSN 0001-6446
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Abstract
This paper deals with viticulture, viniculture and their social context in the Turfan region from the West Uyghur period (9th-12th cc.) up to the end of the Mongol period (14th century). A comparative analysis of narrative sources alongside documents written in Old Uyghur (ca. 10th-14th cc.) and Middle Mongolian (13th-14th cc.) sheds new light on the interplay between wine production, commerce and state interest, demonstrating that wine was already one of the most important staple products of the Turfan region in the earlier period and a commodity of primary interest to the Mongol Empire. The article illuminates Old Uyghur sources' depictions of ortok partners, stressing how their peculiarities differ from the better-known ortoq partnerships employed by the Mongol aristocracy, and highlights growing interest among the nobility in wine production and the institutionalization of vinicultural assets during the Mongol period. The author argues that these processes mirror changes in transportation and Eurasian interregional contacts under Mongol rule. Finally, despite the scattered and fragmentary nature of these sources on local economy and society, the author argues that they prompt a reevaluation of trade along the Silk Roads.
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| Additional Information: | Funding Agency and Grant Number: Federal Ministry of Education and ResearchFederal Ministry of Education & Research (BMBF) [01UL1704X] Funding text: I would like to express my gratitude to both reviewers. Their criticisms and insightful comments were extremely helpful for improving this material. I would also like to express my gratitude to all the colleagues who provided comments and advice during the development of earlier drafts of this paper. I am especially grateful to Szilvia Kovacs, Andras Rona-Tas and Christopher Atwood, and in particular to Simone-Christiane Raschmann, whose comments and advice have, as always, been an enormous help. Last, but certainly not least, I am also very thankful to Geoffrey Humble, who corrected the English of this paper. The project on which this publication is based was financed by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research under the funding number 01UL1704X. The responsibility for the content of this publication remains with the author. |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | history; wine; mongol; Mongol Empire; Business associations; Turfan; Uyghurs; Silk Roads; joint property; ortok partners; |
| Subjects: | D History General and Old World / történelem > D0 History (General) / történelem általában P Language and Literature / nyelvészet és irodalom > PI Oriental languages and literatures / keleti nyelvek és irodalmak |
| SWORD Depositor: | MTMT SWORD |
| Depositing User: | MTMT SWORD |
| Date Deposited: | 11 Nov 2022 08:04 |
| Last Modified: | 30 Apr 2023 23:15 |
| URI: | http://real.mtak.hu/id/eprint/153338 |
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