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The Horde : how the Mongols changed the world / Marie Favereau.
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TextPublication details: Cambridge, The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, ©2021Description: 377 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cmISBN: - 9780674244214
- 0674244214
- ARCH FRBC 950.2 F273H 23
- DS22.7 .F37 2021
Contents:
Summary: "The Mongols are universally known as conquerors, but they were more than that: influential thinkers, politicians, engineers, and merchants. Challenging the view that nomads are peripheral to history, The Horde reveals the complex empire the Mongols built and traces its enduring imprint on politics and society in Europe, Asia, and the Middle East"--
Introduction: A power of a new kind -- The resilience of the felt-walled tents -- The lost throne -- New hordes -- The great mutation -- The price of peace -- The northern road -- Withdrawal -- Younger brothers -- Epilogue: The Horde's mirror.
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| ARCH FRBC 950.072 S132O Orientalism / | ARCH FRBC 950.072 A752S SOAS since the sixties / | ARCH FRBC 950.2 M847M The Mongols / | ARCH FRBC 950.2 F273H The Horde : how the Mongols changed the world / | ARCH FRBC 950.209 R827K Khubilai Khan : his life and times / | ARCH FRBC 950.2092 R823K Khubilai Khan : | ARCH FRBC 950.21 W362G Genghis Khan and the making of the modern world / |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: A power of a new kind -- The resilience of the felt-walled tents -- The lost throne -- New hordes -- The great mutation -- The price of peace -- The northern road -- Withdrawal -- Younger brothers -- Epilogue: The Horde's mirror.
"The Mongols are universally known as conquerors, but they were more than that: influential thinkers, politicians, engineers, and merchants. Challenging the view that nomads are peripheral to history, The Horde reveals the complex empire the Mongols built and traces its enduring imprint on politics and society in Europe, Asia, and the Middle East"--
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