OL8162628W Page-progression lr Page_number_confidence 86.39 Pages 362 Ppi 514 Related-external-id urn:isbn:0307237818 Urn:lcp:genghiskhanmaki00jack:epub:22aa2d47-8de4-4e88-938a-b4af82a7078c Extramarc Brown University Library Foldoutcount 0 Identifier genghiskhanmaki00jack Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t2d80cz4v Isbn 0609610627 Lccn 2003020659 Ocr_converted abbyy-to-hocr 1.1.20 Ocr_module_version 0.0.17 Openlibrary OL7585947M Openlibrary_edition Urn:lcp:genghiskhanmaki00jack:lcpdf:e36b3734-6c68-4f80-b0d0-4d89352ef968 Genghis Khan and the making of the modern world / Jack Weatherford. Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World. Afterwards, Khan Batu came to be known as Tsar Batu. Weatherford's account gives a generous view of the Mongol conqueror at his best and worst.Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 15:01:03 Boxid IA171001 Boxid_2 CH107501 Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II City New York DonorĪllen_countydonation Edition 1st ed. A few short years later, in 1240, the year of the rat, the Mongols attacked Kiev. First Edition, First Printing, Hardcover, 312 pages. portrait of Khan is drawn with sufficiently self-complicating depth. Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World (Hardcover) Published March 16th 2004 by Crown. 'Weatherford's lively analysis restores the Mongol's reputation, and it takes wonderful learned detours. 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 ageby the author featured in Echoes of the Empire: Beyond Genghis Khan. 'It's hard to think of anyone else who rose from such inauspicious beginnings to something so awesome, except maybe Jesus.' Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World. It shows that he was a great secular leader, among other things.'

It's a fascinating book portraying Genghis Khan in a totally new light. Arguably, however, Genghis Khan and the Mongols were the dominant force that shaped Eurasia and consequently the modern world. 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). Genghis Khan, the fearsome Mongolian warrior of the 13th century, may have done more than rule the largest empire in the world according to a recently published genetic study, he may have. Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World Ask anyone who was the person that most influenced world history: few would mention Genghis Khan.

'There is very little time for reading in my new job. For more extended reading, The Secret History of the Mongols is an invaluable resource as the earliest native history of Genghis Khan’s rule, and Jack Weatherford’s Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World corrects many Western misconceptions.

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