Synergetic and metaphysical bases of Genghis Khan's Tengriism

Authors

  • Nikolay V. Abaev Tuvan State University

Keywords:

Synergy; Tengriism; Genghis Khan; Central Asia; the Altai-Baikal region; religion; nomadic society

Abstract

 Being an effective remedy of social self-organisation and self-control, «sacral vertical» of space in nomadic societies of Turkic Mongol peoples of the Central Asia and Altai-Baikal region, tengriism carried out functions of the national-state religion from the initial stage of the occurrence and development of “nomadic” civilisations of Eurasia.

References

Abaev N. V., Fel'dman V. R., Khertek L. K. Semeino-rodovye otnosheniia kak forma samoorganizatsii v kochevoi tsivilizatsii // Sotsial'nye protsessy v sovremennoi Zapadnoi Sibiri (Sbornik nauchnykh statei). – Gorno-Altaisk, RIO «Univer-Print», 2001.

Published

01.07.2009

How to Cite

Abaev, N. V. (2009) “Synergetic and metaphysical bases of Genghis Khan’s Tengriism”, The New Research of Tuva, 1-2. Available at: https://nit.tuva.asia/nit/article/view/664 (Accessed: 22.11.2024).

Issue

No. 1-2 (2009)

Section

Nomads of the Asian continent

Author Biography

Nikolay V. Abaev, Tuvan State University

Doctor of History, Professor, Department of philosophy

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