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Genre/Form: | Electronic books Biographies History Biography |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Weatherford, J. McIver. Genghis Khan and the making of the modern world. New York : Crown, ©2004 (DLC) 2003020659 |
Named Person: | Genghis Khan; Gengis Khan; Genghis Khan; Dschingis-Khan (Mongolenreich) |
Material Type: | Biography, Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
J McIver Weatherford |
ISBN: | 0609610627 9780609610626 9780307237811 0307237818 |
OCLC Number: | 70734549 |
Reproduction Notes: | Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
Awards: | Winner of Minnesota Book Award (History/Biography) 2005 |
Description: | 1 online resource (xxxv, 312 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Details: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
Contents: | The reign of terror on the steppe: 1162-1206 -- The blood cot -- Tale of three rivers -- War of the Khans -- The mongol world war: 1211 -1261 -- Spitting on the golden Khan -- Sultan versus Khan -- The discovery and conquest of europe -- Warring queens -- The global awakening: 1262-1962 -- Khubilai Khan and the new mongol empire -- The global awakening -- The empire of illusion -- Epilogue: the eternal spirit of Genghis Khan. |
Responsibility: | Jack Weatherford. |
Abstract:
A re-evaluation of Genghis Khan's rise to power examines the reforms the conqueror instituted throughout his empire and his uniting of East and West, which set the foundation for the nation-states and economic systems of the modern era.
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