Chingis Khan Rides West: The Mongol Invasion of Bukhara, Samarkand, and other Great Cities of the Silk Road, 1215-1221

by Don Croner

Since the time of the Xiongnu two thousand years ago the nomads of the Mongolian Plateau traditionally looked south toward China for both plunder and trade. In 1215 Chingis Khan turned his attention westward and by 1219 had decided to invade the Islamic realms of Inner Asia, unleashing a sequence of events that would result in the sack of Baghdad in 1258 by his grandson Kh leg and the fall of the 508 year-old Abbasid Caliphate. The dissolution of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0985288078
• ISBN13: 9780985288075
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: Polar Star Books
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"