Genghis Khan : And the Making of the Modern World - Jack Weatherford

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Genghis Khan

And the Making of the Modern World

By: Jack Weatherford

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Paperback | 15 April 2005 | Edition Number 1

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352 Pages

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Readers of books on pivotal events in history and character-driven history, such as How the Scots Invented the Modern World; 1421- The Year China Discovered America; The Basque History of the World; and Paris 1919- Six Months that Changed the World. Readers of world military history, such as Carnage and Culture and The Savage Wars of Peace.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER . The startling true history of how one extraordinary man from a remote corner of the world created an empire that led the world into the modern age-by the author featured in Echoes of the Empire- Beyond Genghis Khan.

The Mongol army led by Genghis Khan subjugated more lands and people in twenty-five 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.

Industry Reviews

"There is very little time for reading in my new job. But of the few books I've read, my favourite is Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World by Jack Weatherford (Crown Publishers, New York). It's a fascinating book portraying Genghis Khan in a totally new light. It shows that he was a great secular leader, among other things."
--Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister of India

"Reads like the Iliad. . . Part travelogue, part epic narrative."
--Washington Post

"It's hard to think of anyone else who rose from such inauspicious beginnings to something so awesome, except maybe Jesus."
--Harper's

"Weatherford's lively analysis restores the Mongol's reputation, and it takes wonderful learned detours. . . . Well written and full of suprises."
--Kirkus Reviews

"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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The Mongol Dynasties	p. ix
Introduction: The Missing Conqueror	p. xv
The Reign of Terror on the Steppe: 1162-1206	p. 1
The Blood Clot	p. 3
Tale of Three Rivers	p. 31
War of the Khans	p. 55
The Mongol World War: 1211-1261	p. 79
Spitting on the Golden Khan	p. 81
Sultan Versus Khan	p. 108
The Discovery and Conquest of Europe	p. 132
Warring Queens	p. 160
The Global Awakening: 1262-1962	p. 193
Khubilai Khan and the New Mongol Empire	p. 195
Their Golden Light	p. 218
The Empire of Illusion	p. 241
Epilogue: The Eternal Spirit of Genghis Khan	p. 266
Notes	p. 273
A Note on Transliteration	p. 287
Glossary	p. 289
Selected Bibliography	p. 293
Acknowledgments	p. 301
Index	p. 305
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