The Mongol Empire: Genghis Khan, His Heirs and the Founding of Modern China

by John Man

Book Overview

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,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0552168807
• ISBN13: 9780552168809
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: Corgi Books
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.0" x 7.7"