Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
Paperback – Illustrated, March 22, 2005
Crown · Paperback · March 22, 2005
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.
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- Who it’s for
- A sweeping account of Mongol conquest that challenges familiar ideas about the empire’s legacy.
- Themes
- Mongol Empire, Cultural exchange and trade, Religious freedom
- Genres
- Central Asian History, Lives in History, Chinese History
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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.
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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.
Empire Reconsidered
A sweeping account of Mongol conquest that challenges familiar ideas about the empire’s legacy.
Come here for
- A fresh angle on Genghis Khan’s place in world history
- Conquest set alongside trade and cultural exchange
Expect
- A sustained historical narrative, from rise to empire
- An argument about how Mongol rule helped shape the modern world
Where it sits
| Lives in History | 50% |
|---|---|
| Central Asian History | 48% |
| Chinese History | 27% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Lives in History
- Asian History
- How Cultures Work
- Authors
- Jack Weatherford
- Publisher
- Crown
- Published
- March 22, 2005
- Format
- Paperback
- Theme
- Mongol Empire · Cultural exchange and trade · Religious freedom
- Reading lane
- Lives in History