Author: Mr. Timothy May
Publisher: Westholme Publishing
Keywords: war, art, mongol
Number of Pages: 232
Published: 2007-05-31
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 1594160465
ISBN-13: 9781594160462
"They razed cities to the ground, burnt woods, pulled down castles, tore up the vine trees, destroyed gardens, and massacred the citizens and husbandmen; if by chance they did spare any who begged their lives, they compelled them, as slaves of the lowest condition, to fight in front of them against their own kindred."--Matthew Paris recounting the devastation of Poland and Hungary in 1240 During the thirteenth century, Mongol armies under Chinggis Khan and his successors established the largest contiguous land empire in history, stretching across Asia and into eastern Europe. Co
Author: J. J. Saunders
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Keywords: conquests, mongol, history
Number of Pages: 296
Published: 2001-03-01
List price: $27.50
ISBN-10: 0812217667
ISBN-13: 9780812217667
The Mongol conquests, culminating with the invasion of Europe in the middle of the thirteenth century, were of a scope and range never equaled. These nomadic peoples from central Asia briefly held sway over an empire that stretched across Asia to the frontiers of Germany and the shores of the Adriatic. J. J. Saunders’s landmark book is a carefully documented introductory history of the rise and fall of the great Mongol empire.
Author: David Nicolle
Publisher: Dummy Book Co
Keywords: warlords, mongol
Number of Pages: 192
Published: 2004-05-30
List price: $14.99
ISBN-10: 1860194079
ISBN-13: 9781860194078
Authors:Dougherty, Terri,
Publisher: Capstone Press
Keywords: books, edge, warriors, mongol
Number of Pages: 32
Published: 2008-01-01
List price: $23.93
ISBN-10: 1429613122
ISBN-13: 9781429613125
Edge super high interest, low reading level books about great warriors in history.
Author: George Lane
Publisher: Hackett Pub. Co.,
Keywords: rule, mongol, khan, genghis
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 2009-03-30
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 0872209695
ISBN-13: 9780872209695
Spawning an empire ranging from Persia to China, Genghis Khan united a nomadic warrior culture that had lived with their agrarian neighbors through controlled and limited extortion. This accessible book provides an introduction to the history and culture of the Steppe people from which Genghis Khan emerged, and chronicles the events that led to his being named the Great Khan. Also included are sixteen biographical sketches, a wealth of annotated primary documents, five maps, an annotated timeline, a glossary, an annotated bibliography and several illustrations.
Author: Michael Prawdin
Publisher: Transaction Publishers
Keywords: legacy, rise, empire, mongol
Number of Pages: 594
Published: 2005-12-15
List price: $39.95
ISBN-10: 1412805198
ISBN-13: 9781412805193
The Mongol Empire describes the incredible ascent of the Mongol people, which, through the political and military genius of Genghis Khan, overwhelmed and subdued the nations of most of the world. It demonstrates the transformation of barbarous nomads into the most efficient rulers of their time and describes the crumbling of their vast empire and the assumption of its legacy by the formerly subjugated China and Russia.
Author: Bertold Spuler
Publisher: Markus Wiener Pub
Keywords: world, muslim, history, period, mongol
Number of Pages: 146
Published: 1994-11
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 1558760792
ISBN-13: 9781558760790
A history of the Muslim world during the Mongol period. The author offers a bird’s-eye view of both the Mongols and the countries with whom they came into contact and conflict, including the Great Mongol Empire, the Ilkhans in Persia, the Russian Domination, the Crimea, and more.
