Michael Hope is Associate Professor of Asian History at Yonsei University. He received his doctoral degree in Asian Studies from the Australian National University in 2013 and has published on the political and social history of Iran, Iraq and the Mongol Empire with particular focus on the transmission of political authority in nomadic societies. His first book was published in 2016 and was entitled, Power, Politics and Tradition in the Mongol Empire and the Ilkhanate of Iran. He recently co-edited The Mongol World as part of the Routledge “World Series” (forthcoming 2022) and is currently working on the sub-cultures of Mongol Iran.