The Rise of Urban Centers in the Golden Horde and the City of Ükek

dc.contributor.author	University of Wisconsin-Madison
dc.contributor.author	Schamiloglu, Uli
dc.contributor.author	Nazarbayev University
dc.contributor.author	Nazarbayev University
dc.date.accessioned	2025-08-19T09:23:02Z
dc.date.available	2025-08-19T09:23:02Z
dc.date.issued	2018-03-29
dc.description.abstract	This essay examines the emergence of urban centers in the Golden Horde through the lens of European travelers (Marco Polo, William of Rubruck) and Arabic geographers (Abū l‑Fidā, Ibn Baṭṭūṭa), emphasizing the shift from nomadic to sedentary economies. The city of Ükek, located midway between Saray and Bulgar and at the edge of nomadic migration routes, emerged as a grain‑production center perhaps aided by climatic shifts. The essay also offers a reinterpretation of the name Ükek, arguing it describes the geological “box‑like hollow” formation rather than fortifications.
dc.identifier.doi	10.22378/2313-6197.2018-6-1.18-40
dc.identifier.issn	2308-152X
dc.identifier.other	Filename:10.22378_2313-6197.2018-6-1.18-40.pdf
dc.identifier.uri	https://doi.org/10.22378/2313-6197.2018-6-1.18-40
dc.identifier.uri	https://nur.nu.edu.kz/handle/123456789/9517
dc.language.iso	en
dc.publisher	Tatarstan Academy of Sciences
dc.relation.ispartof	Golden Horde Review	en
dc.source	Golden Horde Review, 6(1), 18-40, (2018)	en
dc.title	The Rise of Urban Centers in the Golden Horde and the City of Ükek	en
dc.type	Journal Article	en

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