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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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

A Christian, a Muslim and a Buddhist walk into a (Mongol) bar...

This cracked me up. 😂

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!

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

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.