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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... clan in eastern Asia and grew up in hum- ble and difficult surroundings. But as khan, he exploded onto the world stage in the late A.D. 1100s and early 1200s. He became a great conqueror, forming the largest empire the world had yet ...
... clans, or omuk. And below the clan level were still smaller subgroups known as yasun. Each Mongol group had its own male chieftain, a leader who was known as a khan. His realm was sometimes called a khanate. Some of a chieftain's main ...
... clan, but so did voluntary alliances. One type of such a partnership was the anda, a “sworn brotherhood,” or oath of blood brotherhood. Those who chose one another as blood brothers forged a strong and lasting bond. The devotion between ...
... clans and families came through intermarriage. Mongol men married women who were outside of their own clans. A wedding could bring different groups together, sometimes even creating new and beneficial bonds between former enemies. But ...
... clans. Mongol warriors also sometimes clashed with members of other ethnic groups, such as the Tatars and the Jin (a group living in the area that is present-day China). Old arguments could incite rivalry and a desire for revenge for ...
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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 |