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Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World by Jack Weatherford - eBook
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Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World by Jack Weatherford - eBook
of Genghis Khan’s accomplishments challenge the limits of imagination. Genghis Khan was an innovative leader, the first ruler in many conquered countries to put the power of law above his own power, encourage religious freedom, create public schools, grant diplomatic immunity, abolish torture, and institute free trade. The trade routes he created became lucrative pathways for commerce, but also for ideas, technologies, and expertise that transformed the way people lived. The Mongols introduced the...
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Three Rivers Press (CA), 2005. Paperback. NEW/NOT ISSUED. ! Binding: Trade PaperBack ! ... (more details)
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Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
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...
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Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World by Jack Weatherford - Hardcover - Read an Excerpt
Upon emerging unexpectedly from the desert, Genghis Khan did not race to attack Bukhara immediately. He knew that no reinforcements could leave the border cities under attack by his army, and he therefore had time to play on the surprise in a tortured manipulation of public fear and hope. The objective of such tactics was simple and always the same: to frighten the enemy into surrendering before an actual battle began. By first capturing several small towns in the vicinity, Genghis Khan's army set...
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Genghis Khan And The Making Of The Modern World (Reprint) (Paperback)
Description In the early 13th century, Genghis Khan's armies brought conquest and then culture to the vast expanse from Asia to Europe. In this scholarly yet accessible study, historian Weatherford provides a somewhat revisionist portrait of the Mongol warrior and the world he made. Weatherford ticks off the many contributions to civilization that the Mongols shared with the world, including international paper currency, the compass, and foods such as carrots and noodles, to list just a few. But...
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Weatherford resurrects the true history of Genghis Khan, from the story of his relentless rise through Mongol tribal culture to the waging of his devastatingly successful wars and the explosion of civilization that the Mongol Empire unleashed.
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"Weatherford is a fantastic storyteller. . . . His] portrait of Khan is drawn with sufficiently self-complicating depth. . . . Weatherford's account gives a generous view of the Mongol conqueror at his best and worst." --"Minneapolis Star Tribune"
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"Weatherford is a fantastic storyteller. . . . His] portrait of Khan is drawn with sufficiently self-complicating depth. . . . Weatherford's account gives a generous view of the Mongol conqueror at his best and worst." --"Minneapolis Star Tribune"
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