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Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World

By Jack Weatherford

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| Paperback | 9780609809648

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The Mongol army led by Genghis Khan subjugated more lands and people in twenty-?ve years than the Romans did in four hundred. In nearly every country the Mongols conquered, they brought an unprecedented rise in cultural communication, expanded trade, and a blossoming of civilization. Vastly more proContinue

The Mongol army led by Genghis Khan subjugated more lands and people in twenty-?ve years than the Romans did in four hundred. In nearly every country the Mongols conquered, they brought an unprecedented rise in cultural communication, expanded trade, and a blossoming of civilization. Vastly more progressive than his European or Asian counterparts, Genghis Khan abolished torture, granted universal religious freedom, and smashed feudal systems of aristocratic privilege. From the story of his rise through the tribal culture to the explosion of civilization that the Mongol Empire unleashed, this brilliant work of revisionist history is nothing less than the epic story of how the modern world was made.

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    Genghis Khan: Life, Death and Resurrection by John Man The West has more than its share of outsized historical figures, from Alexander to Napoleon; Asian history can seem somewhat impoverished as a result. JACK WEATHERFORD and JOHN MAN have found in ... (read full critics)

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  • English Books
  • Paperback 352 Pages
  • Edition: Reprint
  • ISBN-10: 0609809644
  • ISBN-13: 9780609809648
  • Publisher: Three Rivers Press
  • Pub date: Mar 22, 2005
  • Dimensions: 1290 mm x 839 mm x 129 mm Just how big is that?
  • Also available as: Hardcover and Others
  • In other languages: other languages 繁體書
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