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Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
- Mongols
- Asia
- empires
- conquest
- trade
- world history
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Why I'd hand it to you
Jack Weatherford argues that Genghis Khan and his descendants did far more than conquer. They opened trade routes, moved ideas and technology across Asia and Europe, and practiced religious tolerance unusual for the time. Drawing on Mongol sources like The Secret History of the Mongols, he paints a very different figure from the barbarian of popular imagination. It is lively and eye-opening. The caveat is that Weatherford clearly admires his subject, and some historians think he downplays the enormous death toll of the conquests and overstates the Mongol legacy. Read it as a strong case for one side of a real debate.
— Matt Jordan
Quick summary
- Book
- Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World by Jack Weatherford
- Who it's for
- Readers of world history who enjoy a revisionist case and keep in mind that historians still debate the Mongol legacy.
- Key topics
- Genghis Khan and the Mongol Empire
- Trade routes between Asia and Europe
- Religious tolerance
- Conquest and its costs
- Shelves
- World Affairs, History, Biography
Details
- Author
- Jack Weatherford
- ASIN
- 0609809644
- On these shelves
- World Affairs History Biography
- Short link
mattsbooks.org/r/gkmm
