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The Mongol Empire: Genghis Khan, His Heirs and the Founding of Modern China
John Man
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Description for The Mongol Empire: Genghis Khan, His Heirs and the Founding of Modern China
Paperback. Genghis Khan is one of history's immortals: a leader of genius, driven by an inspiring vision for peaceful world rule. Believing he was divinely protected, Genghis united warring clans to create a nation and then an empire that ran across much of Asia. This book provides an account of the Mongol Empire. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPM; 3H; HBJF; HBLC; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 127 x 41. Weight in Grams: 304.
Genghis Khan is one of history's immortals: a leader of genius, driven by an inspiring vision for peaceful world rule. Believing he was divinely protected, Genghis united warring clans to create a nation and then an empire that ran across much of Asia.
Under his grandson, Kublai Khan, the vision evolved into a more complex religious ideology, justifying further expansion. Kublai doubled the empire's size until, in the late 13th century, he and the rest of Genghis’s ‘Golden Family’ controlled one fifth of the inhabited world. Along the way, he conquered all China, gave the nation the borders it ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Corgi
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780552168809
SKU
V9780552168809
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About John Man
John Man is a historian with a special interest in Mongolia. He has travelled widely across the lands that formed the Mongol Empire, becoming one of the few Western writers to explore the hidden valley where Genghis may have died, climb the sacred mountain on which he is supposedly buried and explore the ruins of Xanadu, the first capital of ... Read more
Reviews for The Mongol Empire: Genghis Khan, His Heirs and the Founding of Modern China
Wonderful... what sets it apart is the way the tale is told. Quirky digressions and fascinating anecdotes pepper a narrative of wonderful dramatic energy.
Gerard DeGroot
The Times
Excellent and profoundly committed ... Man provides a vivid, lucid and economical picture. A worthy addition to the burgeoning popular literature on the centaurs of the steppes.
Frank ... Read more
Gerard DeGroot
The Times
Excellent and profoundly committed ... Man provides a vivid, lucid and economical picture. A worthy addition to the burgeoning popular literature on the centaurs of the steppes.
Frank ... Read more