The Mongol Empire : Genghis Khan, his heirs and the founding of modern China / John Man.
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TextPublisher: London : Bantam Press, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Description: xii, 384 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), maps, genealogical table ; 24 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780593071243 (hardback) :; 9780593071250 (trade paperback)Subject(s): Genghis Khan, 1162-1227 | Kublai Khan, 1216-1294 | Mongols -- History -- To 1500 | Mongols -- Kings and rulers -- Biography | China -- History -- Yuan dynasty, 1260-1368Additional physical formats: ebook version: No titleDDC classification: 950.2 Summary: ASIAN / MIDDLE EASTERN HISTORY: C 500 TO C 1500. 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' 'Golden Family' controlled one fifth of the inhabited world. Along the way, he conquered all China, gave the nation the borders it has today, and then, finally, discovered the limits to growth. Genghis' dream of world rule turned out to be a fantasy. And yet, in terms of the sheer scale of the conquests, never has a vision and the character of one man had such an effect on the world.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 359-368) and index.
ASIAN / MIDDLE EASTERN HISTORY: C 500 TO C 1500. 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' 'Golden Family' controlled one fifth of the inhabited world. Along the way, he conquered all China, gave the nation the borders it has today, and then, finally, discovered the limits to growth. Genghis' dream of world rule turned out to be a fantasy. And yet, in terms of the sheer scale of the conquests, never has a vision and the character of one man had such an effect on the world.
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