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Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World | J. McIver Weatherford
A re-evaluation of Genghis Khan's rise to power examines the reforms the conqueror instituted throughout his empire and his uniting of East and West, which set the foundation for the nation-states and economic systems of the modern era.
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tphil10283
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This is a very interesting book that gave me a totally different perspective about the Mongol conquests. It‘s not a big history book but it packs a punch and once again makes me realize that much of my schooling was basically propaganda.

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Smarkies
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I can't believe I have read 2 books about Genghis Khan this year (when I knew next to nothing about him prior to this year 😂)! This one also covers Genghis Khan's descendants and how they helped shape China and the rest of the world.
Read this for #readingasia2021 . It covers alot of countries but I think I will be using it for #Uzbekistan as this was one of the places that Genghis conquered

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Butterfinger
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The world was unable to translate the Secret History of this fascinating ruler till very recently - breakdown of Communism and Weatherford does an excellent job at analyzing the primary documents that have been unearthed.

Genghis was not the terror that we thought. Mongols made trade safer, created credit, adopted traditions, and accepted different faiths. He was very strict. If you rebelled, he killed.

I thought this was a fascinating study.

Butterfinger Several nations could be counted, but I read mainly for #Cambodia #Kuwait #SriLanka #Syria #ReadingAsia2021 @BarbaraBB @Librarybelle 3y
Ericalambbrown That‘s a great book! I learned a ton when I read it. 3y
Butterfinger @Ericalambbrown yes and @Texreader told me that he also did a book on the women. 3y
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Ericalambbrown @Butterfinger oh wow! I need to look into that. 3y
Ericalambbrown @Butterfinger thank you! I just stacked it 🤗 3y
Texreader @Ericalambbrown I‘m so glad you and @Butterfinger enjoyed this book so much. I think I liked the Mongol Queens book even better probably because it was so awesome reading about these amazing women. I really loved these books and wish more was taught about this time and place in school. 3y
Ericalambbrown @Texreader same! I was taught shockingly little about any non-Anglo history in school. 3y
Librarybelle Great review! 3y
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Butterfinger
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To anyone who needs a book to read for #ReadingAsia2021 - Genghis Khan and his descendants covered quite a large chunk of Asia and I am enjoying reading this history. The Mongols weren't as evil as some other groups in history such as the European Crusaders. They didn't torture; they just killed. @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB @Texreader

Texreader I loved this book so much I read his follow up about the Mongol queens. Surprisingly there is very little repetition between the books. It is equally excellent. 3y
Librarybelle Thanks for posting this! 3y
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bouktique
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Jack Weatherford "Genghis Khan" (448 pages). The mongols had created an advanced civilization and allowed merchants to spread the culture and exotic Asian goods all the way to Europe. Boring book about the interesting creation of civilization in the middle of Asia. Not very well written, however, changes the perspective on the whole European history too.
#genghiskhan #modernworld #weatherford

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Ericalambbrown
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I found this book very interesting. I am shamefully undereducated in Asian history and needed to start somewhere. I thought the book is very well annotated and a great intro to the Mongol empire.

TheBookStacker I have the audio of this haven‘t started it yet 5y
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I thoroughly enjoyed this book and I learned so much about a culture that I only knew about from rumors and myth. The ebook is on sale today.

Megabooks It‘s really good!! 5y
SW-T Very good book! 5y
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I‘ve traveled to 25+ countries in 2018, many thanks to the tagged book, a fascinating history of the Mongol rule over more land than the Roman Empire. In addition to countries id‘d in this book (Mongolia, India, Syria, Iraq, Iran, etc), I visited Germany, Wales, Italy, USA, England, Russia, Sweden, Scotland, Nepal, Switzerland, Australia, China, the Netherlands, Turkey, Denmark, Kenya, South Africa, Honduras, Guatemala #litworld2018gb

GatheringBooks very nice! thanks for reposting! :) 6y
Texreader @GatheringBooks Very very fun post. 6y
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When Tayang Khan, the Naiman ruler, entered and saw the severed head, he panicked and shouted in horrified anger that the head smiled at him. Whereupon, he kicked the head off the sacred felt cloth and then trampled it to pieces. #wtf #genghiskhan #snowday

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Texreader
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A fascinating history from the Mongol point of view. I learned a lot I didn‘t know and realized what a one-sided history we hear about the Mongols. The Audible version is irritating though especially in the second half. It sounds spliced quite a bit where there often is no breath or pause between sections and sometimes sentences and the narrator sounds like he just about talks on top of himself. It‘s jarring every time it happens, which is a lot.

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Gezemice
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If you are like me, you probably thought Genghis Khan was a barbaric bloodthirsty conqueror of nations - but he was much more. A military genius, but also a benevolent ruler who replaced aristocracy with leadership based on merit and loyalty, who valued knowledge, brought together many cultures, outlawed torture, protected women and poor people, enacted religious freedom, supported trade and local self-governance.

Great for history buffs. ⭐⭐⭐⭐/5

Gezemice This book is very difficult to review in 451 characters. Full review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2190635322?book_show_action=false&from_rev... 7y
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Gezemice
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A Christian, a Muslim and a Buddhist walk into a (Mongol) bar...

This cracked me up. 😂

DreesReads When I was a senior in college I took a seminar course on the Mongols. One of the most interesting classes I ever took!!! 7y
Kodak2057 Lol 7y
Gezemice @AudreyMorris This is a fascinating book. And apparently contains new info on Genghis Khan's early life because researching him was prohibited during the Soviet era. 7y
DreesReads It would definitely be new to me then, I took that class c1990! I don't have the books any more either, they got purged during one of my many moves. 7y
Gezemice @AudreyMorris That's too bad. This is a good book although a bit dry in parts, but on audio it is pretty fascinating. 7y
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Mc_cart_ny
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I finished this#audiobook last month but forgot to post about it! There is so much history packed into this book that I know I didn't retain a large deal of it. An audiobook was the best choice for me because despite the fact that the narrator was a bit dry, I don't believe that I would have been able to sit down and actually read this book and it was an interesting subject matter. I had no idea how innovative the Mongolian Empire was-fascinating!

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Dragon
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#tbrhighlight #aprilamazingreads a bit of history not really covered in school. I've been meaning to start this book 📚

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GoneFishing

Victory did not come to the one who played by the rules; it came to the one who made the rules and imposed them on his enemy.

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