Thomas J. Craughwell

The Rise and Fall of the Second Largest Empire in History (eBook, ePUB)

How Genghis Khan's Mongols Almost Conquered the World

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Emerging out of the vast steppe grasslands of Central Asia in the early 1200s, the Mongols, under their ferocious leader, Genghis Khan, quickly carved out an empire that by the late thirteenth century covered almost one-sixth of the Earth's landmass-from Eastern Europe to the eastern shore of Asia-and encompassed 110 million people. Far larger than the much more famous domains of Alexander the Great and ancient Rome, it has since been surpassed in overall size and reach only by the British Empire.

The Rise and Fall of the Second Largest Empire in the World recounts the spectacularly rapid expansion and dramatic decline of the Mongol realm, while examining its real, widespread, and enduring influence on countless communities from the Danube River to the Pacific Ocean.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Fair Winds Press
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Februar 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781616738518
• Artikelnr.: 37963831

Autorenporträt

Thomas J. Craughwell has written about saints for the Wall Street Journal, Inside the Vatican, and Catholic Digest, among other national publications.