The rise and fall of the second largest empire in history : how Genghis Khan's Mongols almost conquered the world /
| Основен автор: | Craughwell, Thomas J., 1956- |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Beverly, Mass. :
Fair Winds Press,
2010.
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Print version::
Rise and Fall of the Second Largest Empire in History : How Genghis Khan's Mongols Almost Conquered the World. |
Съдържание:
- Family tree
- Introduction
- The Asian Steppes: an intensely hostile world
- The savage boyhood of Temujin
- A friendless boy's first allies
- Temujin's first battle
- The showdown that made Temujin a Khan
- Temujin becomes Genghis Khan and the Mongol nation is born
- The nomads conquer an empire
- Northern China falls to the Mongols
- Ghengis Khan invades the Muslim world
- The Mongol style of warfare
- The passing of Genghis Khan
- "The Devil's Horsemen" invade Europe
- How one man's death saved Europe from destruction
- Rifts in the family
- The rise of Kublai Khan and the breakup of Genghis Khan's empire
- The first Mongol emperor of China
- Epilogue
- Bibliography
- Acknowledgements
- About the author
- Index.