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Published on: 2005-03-22
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The name Genghis Khan often conjures the image of a relentless, bloodthirsty barbarian on horseback leading a ruthless band of nomadic warriors in the looting of the civilized world. But the surprising truth is that Genghis Khan was a visionary leader whose conquests joined backward Europe with the flourishing cultures of Asia to trigger a global awakening, an unprecedented explosion of technologies, trade, and ideas. In Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World, Jack Weatherford, the only Western scholar ever to be allowed into the Mongols’ “Great Taboo”—Genghis Khan’s homeland and forbidden burial site—tracks the astonishing story of Genghis Khan and his descendants, and their conquest and transformation of the world. Fighting his way to power on the remote steppes of Mongolia, Genghis Khan developed revolutionary military strategies and weaponry that emphasized rapid attack and siege warfare, which he then brilliantly used to overwhelm opposing armies in Asia, break the back of the Islamic world, and render the armored knights of Europe obsolete. Under Genghis Khan, the Mongol army never numbered more than 100,000 warriors, yet it subjugated more lands and people in twenty-five years than the Romans conquered in four hundred. With an empire that stretched from Siberia to India, from Vietnam to Hungary, and from Korea to the Balkans, the Mongols dramatically redrew the map of the globe, connecting disparate kingdoms into a new world order. But contrary to popular wisdom, Weatherford reveals that the Mongols were not just masters of conquest, but possessed a genius for progressive and benevolent rule. On every level and from any perspective, the scale and scope of Genghis Khan’s accomplishments challenge the limits of imagination. Genghis Khan was an innovative leader, the first ruler in many conquered countries to put the power of law above his own power, encourage religious freedom, create public schools, grant diplomatic immunity, abolish torture, and institute free trade. The trade routes he created became lucrative pathways for commerce, but also for ideas, technologies, and expertise that transformed the way people lived. The Mongols introduced the first international paper currency and postal system and developed and spread revolutionary technologies like printing, the cannon, compass, and abacus. They took local foods and products like lemons, carrots, noodles, tea, rugs, playing cards, and pants and turned them into staples of life around the world. The Mongols were the architects of a new way of life at a pivotal time in history. In Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World, Jack Weatherford resurrects the true history of Genghis Khan, from the story of his relentless rise through Mongol tribal culture to the waging of his devastatingly successful wars and the explosion of civilization that the Mongol Empire unleashed. This dazzling work of revisionist history doesn’t just paint an unprecedented portrait of a great leader and his legacy, but challenges us to reconsider how the modern world was made.From the Hardcover edition. Genghis Khan - Wikipedia Genghis khan; 1st Great Khagan of the Mongol Empire (Supreme Khan of the Mongols) King of Kings Genghis Khan - Top Documentary Films Of all the images the name Genghis Khan brings to mind that of a visionary who brought literacy law and culture to his people rarely springs to mind. His name is ... Genghis Khan - Facts & Summary - HISTORY.com Temujin later Genghis Khan was born around 1162 near the border between modern Mongolia and Siberia. Legend holds that he came into the world clutching a blood clot ... Organization of the Mongol Empire under Genghis Khan ... Coined as a parallel to Pax Romana the Pax Mongolica (Latin for "Peace of the Mongols") was the term for situation where trade between China and Europe in the 13th ... History vs. Genghis Khan - Alex Gendler TED-Ed We'd like to thank Christopher Atwood for his consultation on this lesson. Follow the growth of Genghis Khans empire through these detailed maps or learn more ... Biography of Genghis Khan - Asian History from About.com Biography of Genghis Khan leader of Mongolia and one of history's great rulers who conquered most of Eurasia in the early thirteenth century. 1 in 200 men direct descendants of Genghis Khan - Gene ... In 2003 a groundbreaking historical genetics paper reported results which indicated that a substantial proportion of men in the world are direct line descendants of ... World's Toughest Horse Race Retraces Genghis Khan's Postal ... Before most of the world woke up this morning 47 riders from around the globe had saddled half-wild horses and set out on what the Guinness Book of World Records has ... Genghis Khan Mongol ruler Britannica.com Genghis Khan was a warrior and ruler of genius who starting from obscure and insignificant beginnings brought all the nomadic tribes of Mongolia under the rule of ... 10 Things You May Not Know About Genghis Khan - History Lists Article Details: 10 Things You May Not Know About Genghis Khan. Author. Evan Andrews. Website Name. History.com. Year Published. 2014. Title. 10 Things You May Not ...
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