Studies in anthropological history series iran studies volume 11 author denise aigle in the mongol empire between myth and reality denise aigle presents the mongol empire as a moment of contact between political ideologies religions cultures and languages and in terms of reciprocal representations between the far east the muslim . The mongol empire between myth and reality studies in anthropological history abstracta iranica online volume 37 38 39 2018 document 8 online since 30 december 2018 connection on 26 september 2020. Studies in anthropological history series iran studies volume 11 author denise aigle in the mongol empire between myth and reality denise aigle presents the mongol empire as a moment of contact between political ideologies religions cultures and languages and in terms of reciprocal representations between the far east the muslim . In this work denise aigle endeavors to highlight the complex layers of interpretation of the past and transmission of historical writing about the mongol empire and particularly the mongols in iran during the rule of the ilkhanate 1258 1335 the book stands as a major contribution to our understanding of the production of knowledge about the mongols and a reminder that historical sources . In the mongol empire between myth and reality denise aigle presents the mongol empire as a moment of contact between political ideologies religions cultures and languages and in terms of reciprocal representations between the far east the muslim east and the latin west