The Conquests of Genghis KhanTwenty-First Century Books, 2008年1月1日 - 160 頁 Can one man really change the world? If that man is Genghis Khan, the answer is yes. Born around 1161, Temujin, as he was named, grew up in humble surroundings. As a teenager, he fled from enemy raiders, but he became a fearless—and feared—man who commanded an army of thousands and an empire of millions. In fact, by the mid-1200s Genghis Khan’s Mongol Empire included much of the known world. Though he was responsible for the deaths of millions, he also showed tolerance for religious and cultural differences among the many peoples he conquered, and he brought stability and unification to a vast area where it had never before existed. Even today, the name Genghis Khan continues to instill fear in some and admiration in others. His election as Great Khan in approximately 1190 is surely one of history’s most pivotal moments. |
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... camp, sending its frightened peo- ple running for cover. One teenaged Mongol leaped onto his horse and galloped into the wilderness. He took cover on the slopes of a nearby mountain called Burkhan Khaldun. When the danger was over, the ...
... camp, they arranged their gers in a village called an ordu. The homes usually stood in a circular arrangement, with an opening to the south, and with the group's wagons and animals surrounding the tents. Gers were quick and easy to ...
... camp running smoothly meant that every person had duties and responsibilities. Women milked the livestock, made cheese from that milk, cooked the fam- ily's meals, and tended to the home's hearth. They also made woolen felt and sewed ...
... camp illustrates. JURCHEN. ROOTS. The Jin dynasty's founders were members of the Jurchen ethnic group. Centuries later, these people would come to be known as the Manchus and the region they came from would be called Manchuria. NOT QUITE ...
... His eyes contain. This early fourteenth-century Persian painting of Genghis Khan's camp illustrates Rashid al-Din's Collected Chronicles. A Chinese artist of the fourteenth century painted this image. DATES AND DOUBTS No one is sure.
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Chapter Three Forging A Mongol Nation | 40 |
Chapter Four The Foundations Of An Empire | 58 |
Chapter Five Storming The Gates Of Cathay | 72 |
Chapter Six A Wave Crashing Westward | 90 |
Epilogue In The Great Khans Wake | 118 |
Primary Source Research | 130 |
Glossary | 143 |
Whos Who? | 145 |
Source Notes | 150 |
Selected Bibliography | 152 |
Further Reading And Websites | 153 |
Index | 156 |
About The AuthorPhoto Acknowledgments | 160 |
Back Flap | 161 |