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SECHIN JAGCHID*

Mongolia and the West

1. Foreword

I was encouraged by the organizers of the Thirty-seventh Permanent International Altaistic Conference to prepare a paper on the theme of “Mongolia and the West.” From a historical perspective, such topic is extremely broad.

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None¬ theless, I am hopeful that this broad overview will suggest further avenues for deeper research and analysis.

Historically, Mongolia’s geographical boundaries were de¬ fined by the Altai Mountains in the west, the Amur River valley in the east, the Great Wall in the south, and Lake Baikal in the north.

Today this region includes territories controlled by the independent State of Mongolia in the center; to the south and west, regions dominated by China; and to the north, areas controlled by Russia.

Although it is fairly easy to define Mongolia’s historical and contemporary boundaries, it is almost impossible to find agree¬ ment on what one should include in a definition of the Western world.

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