A Short History of the Mongols

ISBN: 9781350151017 出版年：2018 页码：257 George Lane Bloomsbury Publishing

The Mongol Empire was the mightiethe world has ever seen. At its height it was twice tRoman equivalent. For a remarkable century and a half it commanded a population of 100 million people, while the rule of Chinggis (Genghis) Khan marched undefeated from the Pacific Ocean to the CaspiLane argues that the Mongols were not only subjugators who swept all before them but one of the great organising forces of world history. HtGreat Khan dissolution of the empire Ming Dynasty. He discusses the unification of the Turko-Mongol tribes under Chinggis' leadership; the establishment of a vigorous imperium whose Pax Mongolica held mastery over the Central Asian steppes; imaginative policies of religious pluralism; and tof the Toluid Empire of Yuan China and Ilkhanate Iran. Offering a bold and sympathetic understanding of Mongol history, the author shows that commercial expansion, cultural assimilation and dynamic political growth were as crucial to Mongol success as desire for conquest.