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Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World

By Jack Weatherford

Book information

Publisher
Broadway
Year
2005
ISBN
0609809644, 9780609809648
Open Library ID
OL22376916M
Language
english
Format
MOBI
Filesize
716 kB (733344 bytes)
Pages
352\0
Time added
2012-03-09 12:00:00

Description

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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