Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World

Title: Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World Author: Jack Weatherford ISBN: 9780609809648 Publisher: Crown Published: 2005 Binding: Paperback Language: English Edition: First Edition Section: Biography & Autobiography | Historical Publisher Description: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The startling true history of how one extraordinary man from a remote corner of the world created an empire that led the world into the modern age--by the author featured in Echoes of the Empire: Beyond Genghis Khan. The Mongol army led by Genghis Khan subjugated more lands and people in twenty-five years than the Romans did in four hundred. In nearly every country the Mongols conquered, they brought an unprecedented rise in cultural communication, expanded trade, and a blossoming of civilization. Vastly more progressive than his European or Asian counterparts, Genghis Khan abolished torture, granted universal