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Arms and Armour of the Nomads of the Great Steppe in the Times of the Mongol Expansion (12th-14th Centuries)by Witold SwietosawskiISBN 838587402X (83-85874-02-X)
Hardcover, Oficyna Naukowa MS
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The Black Roseby Thomas Betram CostainISBN 1568497016 (1-56849-701-6)
Hardcover, Buccaneer Books
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Book of Ser Marco Polo, the Venetian, Concerning the Kingdoms and Marvels of the Eastby Marco PoloISBN 0804901864 (0-8049-0186-4)
Softcover, Ams Pr Inc
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China Marches West: The Qing Conquest Of Central Eurasiaby Peter C. PerdueISBN 067401684X (0-674-01684-X)
Hardcover, Harvard Univ Pr
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Chingis Khanby Hitz DemiISBN 0805017089 (0-8050-1708-9)
Hardcover, Holt & Company, Henry
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Chingis Khan'Book summary:By the banks of the Onon River in the year of the Snow Leopard, 1160, a little boy was born. He would become the greatest conqueror of all time. Demi's lavish illustrations make this story of the great leader and military strategist Chingis Khan an engaging introduction to a monumental figure of the past. Full color. [via]
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The Devil's Horsemen: The Mongol Invasion of Europeby James ChambersISBN 1842122436 (1-84212-243-6)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Devil's Horsemen: The Mongol Invasion of Europe'Book summary:The Mongols formed one of the finest armies ever known--and when they swept across the Danube on Christmas Day 1241, the west lay at the mercy of these "horsemen from hell." From a wealth of contemporary sources comes the story of these soldiers, and especially of Subedei Bahadur, the illiterate military genius who brought 20th-century warfare to Medieval Europe. A fascinating examination of their tactics and training--good enough to invent strategies that Rommel and Patton would later use to such devastating effect--proves the Mongols were more than mere barbarians: they were martial masterminds of the highest order.[via]More editions of The Devil's Horsemen: The Mongol Invasion of Europe:
- The Devil's Horsemen: The Mongol Invasion of Europe: ISBN 0689706936 (0-689-70693-6)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster - The Devil's Horsemen: The Mongol Invasion of Europe: ISBN 0304321885 (0-304-32188-5)
Hardcover, Cassell - The Devil's Horsemen: The Mongol Invasion of Europe: ISBN 0689109423 (0-689-10942-3)
Hardcover, Atheneum - The Devil's Horsemen: The Mongol Invasion of Europe: ISBN 0785815678 (0-7858-1567-8)
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The Empire of the Steppes: A History of Central Asiaby Rene GroussetISBN 0813513049 (0-8135-1304-9)
Softcover, Rutgers Univ Pr
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Empire of the Steppes : History of Central Asiaby Rene GroussetISBN 076070127X (0-7607-0127-X)
Hardcover, Barnes & Noble, Incorporated
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Europeans and Mongols in the Middle of the Thirteenth Century: Encountering the Otherby Antti RuotsalaISBN 9514108914 (951-41-0891-4)
Hardcover, The Finnish Academy of Science and Letters
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Genghis Khanby R. P. ListerISBN 0815410522 (0-8154-1052-2)
Softcover, Cooper Square Pub
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Genghis Khan & the Mongol Conquests, 1190-1400by Stephen TurnbullISBN 1841765236 (1-84176-523-6)
Softcover, Osprey Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Genghis Khan & the Mongol Conquests, 1190-1400'Book summary:The history of the Mongol conquests is a catalogue of superlatives. No army in the world has ever conquered so much territory, and few fighting forces have provoked such terror as the Mongol hordes. So vast was the extent of the Mongol Empire that the samurai of Japan and the Teutonic Knights of Prussia had each fought the same enemy while being unaware of each other's existence. This book provides a concise yet thorough account of the Mongol conquests, including the rise of Genghis Khan and the unification of the tribes, with up-to-date information on campaign logistics, tactics, and horse breeding. [via]
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Genghis Khan And The Making Of The Modern Worldby Jack WeatherfordISBN 0609809644 (0-609-80964-4)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Genghis Khan And The Making Of The Modern World'Book summary:The name Genghis Khan often conjures the image of a relentless, bloodthirsty barbarian on horseback leading a ruthless band of nomadic warriors in the looting of the civilized world. But the surprising truth is that Genghis Khan was a visionary leader whose conquests joined backward Europe with the flourishing cultures of Asia to trigger a global awakening, an unprecedented explosion of technologies, trade, and ideas. In Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World, Jack Weatherford, the only Western scholar ever to be allowed into the Mongols Great Taboo Genghis Khans homeland and forbidden burial sitetracks the astonishing story of Genghis Khan and his descendants, and their conquest and transformation of the world.
Fighting his way to power on the remote steppes of Mongolia, Genghis Khan developed revolutionary military strategies and weaponry that emphasized rapid attack and siege warfare, which he then brilliantly used to overwhelm opposing armies in Asia, break the back of the Islamic world, and render the armored knights of Europe obsolete. Under Genghis Khan, the Mongol army never numbered more than 100,000 warriors, yet it subjugated more lands and people in twenty-five years than the Romans conquered in four hundred. With an empire that stretched from Siberia to India, from Vietnam to Hungary, and from Korea to the Balkans, the Mongols dramatically redrew the map of the globe, connecting disparate kingdoms into a new world order.
But contrary to popular wisdom, Weatherford reveals that the Mongols were not just masters of conquest, but possessed a genius for progressive and benevolent rule. On every level and from any perspective, the scale and scope
of Genghis Khans accomplishments challenge the limits of imagination. Genghis Khan was an innovative leader, the first ruler in many conquered countries to put the power of law above his own power, encourage religious freedom, create public schools, grant diplomatic immunity, abolish torture, and institute free trade. The trade routes he created became lucrative pathways for commerce, but also for ideas, technologies, and expertise that transformed the way people lived. The Mongols introduced the first international paper currency and postal system and developed and spread revolutionary technologies like printing, the cannon, compass, and abacus. They took local foods and products like lemons, carrots, noodles, tea, rugs, playing cards, and pants and turned them into staples of life around the world. The Mongols were the architects of a new way of life at a pivotal time in history.
In Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World, Jack Weatherford resurrects the true history of Genghis Khan, from the story of his relentless rise through Mongol tribal culture to the waging of his devastatingly successful wars and the explosion of civilization that the Mongol Empire unleashed. This dazzling work of revisionist history doesnt just paint an unprecedented portrait of a great leader and his legacy, but challenges us to reconsider how the modern world was made. [via]More editions of Genghis Khan And The Making Of The Modern World:
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Genghis Khan and the Mongol Hordeby Harold Lamb, Elton C. FaxISBN 0208022872 (0-208-02287-2)
Hardcover, Linnet Books
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Genghis Khan: Conqueror of the Worldby Leo De HartogISBN 1860649726 (1-86064-972-6)
Softcover, Tauris Parke Paperbacks
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Genghis Khan: Emperor of All Menby Harold LambISBN 0884117987 (0-88411-798-7)
Hardcover, Amereon Ltd
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Genghis Khan: His Life and Legacyby Paul Ratchnevsky, Thomas Nivison HainingISBN 0631189491 (0-631-18949-1)
Softcover, Blackwell Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Genghis Khan: His Life and Legacy'Book summary:Genghis Khan was the founder of the Mongol Empire, the largest continuous land empire ever. On his death in 1227, this extended from the Near East to the Yellow Sea, and was expanded by his successors to include what is now Iran, Iraq and southern Russia. By 1206, Genghis Khan had completed the unification by conquest of all the tribes of Mongolia, and was acclaimed as universal Khan. He then launched his assault on Northern China. Peking was captured in 1215, and the Chin were finally subjugated by Genghis's successors in 1234. This is the definitive biography. [via]
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Genghis Khan: Life, Death, and Resurrectionby John ManISBN 0312366248 (0-312-36624-8)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Genghis Khan: Life, Death, And Resurrection'Book summary:Genghis Khan is one of history's immortals, alive in memory as a scourge, hero, military genius and demi-god. To Muslims, Russians and westerners, he is a murderer of millions, a brutal oppressor. Yet in his homeland of Mongolia he is the revered father of the nation, and the Chinese honor him as the founder of a dynasty. In his so-called Mausoleum in Inner Mongolia, worshippers seek the blessing of his spirit. In a supreme paradox, the world's most ruthless conqueror has become a force for peace and reconciliation.[via]
As a teenager, Genghis was a fugitive, hiding from enemies on a remote mountainside. Yet he went on to found the world's greatest land empire and change the course of world history. Brilliant and original as well as ruthless, he ruled an empire twice the size of Rome's until his death in 1227 placed all at risk. To secure his conquests and then extend them, his heirs kept his death a secret, and secrecy has surrounded him ever since. His undiscovered grave, with its imagined treasures, remains the subject of intrigue and speculation.
This is more than just a gripping account of Genghis' rise and conquests. John Man uses first-hand experiences in China and Mongolia to reveal the khan's enduring influence. He has traveled the length of the empire. He spotlights the tension between Mongols and Chinese, who both claim Genghis' spirit. He is the first writer to explore the hidden valley where Genghis is believed to have died, and one of the few westerners to climb the mountain where he was likely buried.
This stunning narrative paints a vivid picture of the man himself, the places where he lived and fought, and the passions that surround him still. For in legend, ritual and intense controversy, Genghis lives on.More editions of Genghis Khan: Life, Death, and Resurrection:
- Genghis Khan: Life, Death, and Resurrection: ISBN 0593053265 (0-593-05326-5)
Softcover, Bantam Press - Genghis Khan: Life, Death, and Resurrection: ISBN 0312314442 (0-312-31444-2)
Hardcover, St. Martin's Press - Genghis Khan: Life, Death, and Resurrection: ISBN 0593050444 (0-593-05044-4)
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- Genghis Khan: Life, Death, and Resurrection: ISBN 0593053265 (0-593-05326-5)
Genghis Khan or the Emperor of All Menby Harold LambISBN 0766144151 (0-7661-4415-1)
Softcover, Kessinger Publishing, LLC
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A History of Russia, Central Asia and Mongolia: Inner Eurasia from Prehistory to the Mongol Empireby David ChristianISBN 0631208143 (0-631-20814-3)
Softcover, Blackwell Pub
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- A History of Russia, Central Asia and Mongolia: Inner Eurasia from Prehistory to the Mongol Empire: ISBN 0631183213 (0-631-18321-3)
Hardcover, Blackwell Pub - A History of Russia, Central Asia and Mongolia: Inner Eurasia from Prehistory to the Mongol Empire: ISBN 0631208143 (0-631-20814-3)
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- A History of Russia, Central Asia and Mongolia: Inner Eurasia from Prehistory to the Mongol Empire: ISBN 0631183213 (0-631-18321-3)
The History of the Mongol Conquestsby J. J. SaundersISBN 0812217667 (0-8122-1766-7)
Softcover, Univ of Pennsylvania Pr
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History of the Mongols: Based on Eastern and Western Accounts of the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuriesby Bertold SpulerISBN 0710070195 (0-7100-7019-5)
Hardcover, Routledge and K. Paul
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- History of the Mongols: Based on Eastern and Western Accounts of the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries: ISBN 0880292717 (0-88029-271-7)
Hardcover, Marboro Books - History of the Mongols:Based on Eastern and Western Accounts of the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries: Based on Eastern and Western Accounts of the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries: ISBN 0710070195 (0-7100-7019-5)
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In Search of Genghis Khanby Tim SeverinISBN 0815412878 (0-8154-1287-8)
Softcover, Cooper Square Publishers, Incorporated
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In Xanaduby William DalrympleISBN 1864501731 (1-86450-173-1)
Softcover, Lonely Planet
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› Find signed collectible books: 'In Xanadu: A Quest'Book summary:While waiting for the results of his college exams, William Dalrymple decides to fill in his summer break with a trip. But the vacation he plans is no light-hearted student jaunt - he decides to retrace the epic journey of Marco Polo from Jerusalem to Xanadu, the ruined palace of Kubla Kahn, north of Peking. For the first half of the trip he is accompanied by Laura, whom he met at a dinner party two weeks before he left; for the second half he is accompanied by Louisa, his very recently ex-girlfriend. Intelligent and funny, In Xanadu is travel writing at its best.
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Khubilai Khan: His Life and Timesby Morris RossabiISBN 0520067401 (0-520-06740-1)
Softcover, Univ of California Pr
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Kublai Khan: From Xanadu to Superpowerby John ManISBN 0593054482 (0-593-05448-2)
Hardcover, Bantam Press
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Last of the Zinjaby Robert SheaISBN 0515090816 (0-515-09081-6)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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The Mongol Conquests: Time-Frameby Time LifeISBN 0809464373 (0-8094-6437-3)
Hardcover, Grand Central Pub
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The Mongol Empire : Its Rise and Legacyby Michael PrawdinISBN 1412805198 (1-4128-0519-8)
Softcover, Transaction Publishers
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Mongol Empire : Its Rise and Legacy'Book summary:In his prologue to The Mongol Empire, Michael Prawdin sets the stage for the last and mightiest onslaught of the nomads upon the civilized world. He tells of the many rejoicings in Europe over the successes of the Crusaders in A.D. 1221. But little did Europe know that two decades later, the Mongol hordes organized by Genghis Khan would turn the Middle East into a heap of ruins and spread terror throughout the West.
A work of enduring scholarship and literary excellence, The Mongol Empire is a classic on the rise and fall of the world's largest empire. It describes the incredible ascent of the Mongol people, which, through the political and military genius of Genghis Khan, overwhelmed and subdued the nations of most of the world. It demonstrates the transformation of barbarous nomads into the most efficient rulers of their time and describes the crumbling of their vast empire and the assumption of its legacy by the formerly subjugated China and Russia.
Maurice Collis in Time and Tide said of The Mongol Empire: "It has the rare merit of being both scholarly and exciting.... The entire world comes on to his canvas, romantic and fantastical persons pass in our view, and at the conclusion we realize that we have seen the whole of what Marco Polo saw only in part." while The Observer commented, "it is a fine book, full of dramatic occasion well used, clear in proportions."
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The Mongol Warlords: Ghengis Khan, Kublai Khan, Hulegu, Tamerlaneby David Nicolle, Richard HookISBN 1853141046 (1-85314-104-6)
Hardcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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Mongol Warrior 1200-1350by Stephen Turnbull, Wayne ReynoldsISBN 184176583X (1-84176-583-X)
Softcover, Osprey Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Mongol Warrior 1200-1350'Book summary:The Mongol warriors are one of the great success stories of world military history. Under the leadership of Genghis Khan and his successors the Mongols conquered much of the known world, fighting in territory ranging from the frozen steppes, the wilderness of Palestine, the jungles of Java and the great rivers of China. Through all this they showed a remarkable ability to adopt, adapt and improve a vast range of military techniques and technology, from siege weapons to naval warfare. This book tells the story of this remarkable military organisation, including details of weaponry, tactics, training and beliefs. [via]
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The Mongolsby David MorganISBN 1405135395 (1-4051-3539-5)
Softcover, Blackwell Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Mongols'Book summary:This up-to-date chronicle benefits from new discoveries and a broad range of source material. David Morgan explains how the vast Mongolian Empire was organized and governed, examing the religious and policital character of the steppe nomadic society. [via]
The Mongols: A Historyby Jeremiah CurtinISBN 0938289667 (0-938289-66-7)
Softcover, Perseus Books Group
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The Mongolsby Robert NicholsonISBN 0791027309 (0-7910-2730-9)
Softcover, Facts on File
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Mongols and Mamluks: The Mamluk-Ilkhanid War, 1260-1281by Reuven Amitai-PreissISBN 0521522900 (0-521-52290-0)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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Path of the Eclipseby Chelsea Quinn YarbroISBN 0812528107 (0-8125-2810-7)
Softcover, Tor Books
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The Perilous Frontier: Nomadic Empires and Chinaby Thaomas J. BarfieldISBN 1557863245 (1-55786-324-5)
Softcover, Blackwell Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Perilous Frontier: Nomadic Empires and China'Book summary:Around 800 BC, the Eurasian steppe underwent a profound cultural transformation that was to shape world history for the next 2,500 years: the nomadic herdsmen of Inner Asia invented cavalry which, with the use of the compound bow, gave them the means to terrorize first their neighbors and ultimately, under Chingis Khan and his descendants, the whole of Asia and Europe. Why and how they did so and to what effect are the themes of this history of the nomadic tribes of Inner Asia - the Mongols, Turks, Uighurs and others, collectively dubbed the Barbarians by the Chinese and the Europeans.
This two-thousand year history of the nomadic tribes is drawn from a wide range of sources and told with unprecedented clarity and pace. The author shows that to describe the tribes as barbaric is seriously to underestimate their complexity and underlying social stability. He argues that their relationship with the Chinese was as much symbiotic as parasitic and that they understood their dependence on a strong and settled Chinese state. He makes sense of the apparently random rise and fall of these mysterious, obscure and fascinating nomad confederacies. [via]More editions of The Perilous Frontier: Nomadic Empires and China:
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Phenomenological Psychologyby E. HusserlISBN 902471978X (90-247-1978-X)
Softcover, Kluwer Academic Pub
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Plagues and Peoplesby William H. McNeillISBN 0385121229 (0-385-12122-9)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Plagues and Peoples'Book summary:No small themes for historian William McNeill: he is a writer of big, sweeping books, from The Rise of the West to The History of the World. Plagues and Peoples considers the influence of infectious diseases on the course of history, and McNeill pays special attention to the Black Death of the 13th and 14th centuries, which killed millions across Europe and Asia. (At one point, writes McNeill, 10,000 people in Constantinople alone were dying each day from the plague.) With the new crop of plagues and epidemics in our own time, McNeill's quiet assertion that "in any effort to understand what lies ahead the role of infectious disease cannot properly be left out of consideration" takes on new significance. [via]
The Rise and Rule of Tamerlaneby Beatrice Forbes ManzISBN 0521633842 (0-521-63384-2)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Rise and Rule of Tamerlane'Book summary:The great nomad conqueror Tamerlane rose to power in 1370 on the ruins of the Mongol Empire and led his armies to the conquest of much of its territory, from Russia to India, from Turkestan to Anatolia. He was the last such ruler to unite the settled and steppe regions of Eurasia, and his career thus marks a transition in the history of the Middle East and Inner Asia from the period of nomad conquest and rule to that of the ascendency of the settled world. In this book, the first full scholarly study of Tamerlane, Beatrice Forbes Manz examines Tamerlane as the founder of a nomad conquest dynasty, sharing many traits with earlier nomad leaders, and also as a supremely talented individual. Using Tamerlane's career to examine many questions of broad historical and anthropological interest, Dr Manz discusses the mechanisms of state formation, the dynamics of tribal politics, and the relations of tribes to central leadership. The study examines Tamerlane's methods of control over both nomad and settled, and the relations between the two groups under him - as well as his transformation of the political culture of the tribal confederation within which he rose to power. [via]
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Russia and the Golden Horde: The Mongol Impact on Medieval Russian Historyby Charles J. HalperinISBN 0253204453 (0-253-20445-3)
Softcover, Indiana Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Russia and the Golden Horde: The Mongol Impact on Medieval Russian History'Book summary:"... an imaginative and dispassionate re-examination of the significance of the Mongol Conquest and its aftermath for Russias historical development." Slavic Review
"On all counts Russia and the Golden Horde infuses the subject with fresh insights and interpretations." History
"Combining rigorous analysis of the major scholarly findings with his own research, Halperin has produced both a much-needed synthesis and an important original work." Library Journal
"Halperins new book combines sound scholarship and a flair for storytelling that should help publicize this all too unfamiliar tale in the West." Virginia Quarterly Review
"It is a seminal work that will be repeatedly cited in the future... " The Historian
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The Secret History of the Mongolsby Francis W. CleavesISBN 0674796705 (0-674-79670-5)
Hardcover, Harvard University Press
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The Secret History of the Mongols: The Life and Times of Chinggis Khanby Urgunge OnonISBN 0700713352 (0-7007-1335-2)
Hardcover, Curzon Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Secret History of the Mongols: The Life and Times of Chinggis Khan'Book summary:There has long been a need for a scholarly English edition of the great 13th century historical epic, The Secret History of the Mongols, the only surviving Mongol source about the empire. The book is mainly about the life and the career of Chinggis Khan, his ancestors and his rise to power.
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Chinggis Khan was not only a military genius, but also a great statesman and diplomat. Through a combination of armed force and diplomacy, he managed to merge the complex system of alliances which existed between diverse tribes into a powerful confederacy that swept across most of Eurasia, starting in 1219.
Urgunge Onon's fresh translation brings out the excitement of this epic with its wide-ranging commentaries on military and social conditions, religion and philosophy, while remaining faithful to the original text. This fully annotated edition is prefaced by a 36 page introduction setting the work in its cultural and historical context.More editions of The Secret History of the Mongols: The Life and Times of Chinggis Khan:
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The Secret History of the Mongols: The Origin of Chingis Khanby Paul Kahn, Francis Woodman CleavesISBN 0887272991 (0-88727-299-1)
Softcover, Cheng & Tsui Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Secret History of the Mongols: The Origin of Chingis Khan'Book summary:This adaptation of what is recognized today as the oldest Mongolian text (written two decades after Chingis Khan`s death) tells the Mongols` own version of the origin of their nation, the life of Chingis Khan, and the creation of an empire that stretched across Eurasia in the 13th century. Adapted from Francis Woodman Cleaves` erudite translation, it is presented here as a narrative poem in colloquial English. An overview of medieval Asia, maps, lineage charts, a glossary of proper names, and a bibliography are included. This expanded edition includes a 17th-century account of Chingis Khan`s death and a new essay by the author. [via]
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Shikeby Robert SheaISBN 0861881648 (0-86188-164-8)
Hardcover, Putnam Pub Group
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The Snow Warriorby Don DandreaISBN 0944276091 (0-944276-09-1)
Softcover, Tudor Communications
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Snow Warrior'Book summary:Product Details Paperback Publisher: Tudor Communications (July 1988) Language: English ISBN-10: 0944276091 ISBN-13: 978-0944276099 Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.5 x 1.7 inches Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces [via]
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Storm from the East: From Ghengis Khan to Khubilai Khanby Robert MarshallISBN 0520083008 (0-520-08300-8)
Hardcover, Univ of California Pr
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Tamerlane: Sword of Islam, Conqueror of the Worldby Justin MarozziISBN 0306815435 (0-306-81543-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Tamerlane: Sword of Islam, Conqueror of the World'Book summary:Tamerlane, aka Temur-the Mongol successor to Genghis Khan-ranks with Alexander the Great as one of the world's great conquerors, yet the details of his life are scarcely known in the West. Born in obscurity and poverty, he rose to become a fierce tribal leader, and with that his dominion and power grew with astonishing speed. He blazed through Asia, razing cities to the ground. He tortured conquered inhabitants without mercy, sometimes ordering them buried alive, at other times decapitating them. Over the ruins of conquered Baghdad, Tamerlane had his soldiers erect a pyramid of 90,000 enemy heads. As he and his armies swept through Central Asia, sacking, and then rebuilding cities, Tamerlane gradually imposed an iron rule and a refined culture over a vast territory-from the steppes of Asia to the Syrian coastline. Justin Marozzi traveled in the footsteps of this fearsome emperor of Samarkand (modern-day Uzbekistan) to write this book, which is part history, part travelogue. He carefully follows the path of this infamous and enigmatic conqueror, recounting the history and the story of this cruel, cultivated, and indomitable warrior.[via]More editions of Tamerlane: Sword of Islam, Conqueror of the World:
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The Tarim Mummies: Ancient China and the Mystery of the Earliest Peoples from the Westby Victor H. Mair, J. P. MalloryISBN 0500051011 (0-500-05101-1)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Time of the Dragonsby Robert SheaISBN 0515089907 (0-515-08990-7)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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Travelsby Marco PoloISBN 3895084530 (3-89508-453-0)
Hardcover, Koenemann Verlagsgesellschaft
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The Travels of Marco Poloby Marco PoloISBN 1853264733 (1-85326-473-3)
Softcover, Lb May & Assoc Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Travels of Marco Polo'Book summary:It was perhaps the first book to achieve best-seller status before the invention of the printing press-it was certainly the most controversial. Did Venetian trader and explorer MARCO POLO (1254-1324) actually reach the court of Kublai Khan, serve the emperor as his emissary, and journey the distant lands of Cathay for 17 years, as he relates in his Travels of Marco Polo? The question still hasn't quite been settled today... but whether Polo experienced firsthand the wonders of ancient China, retold tales he heard from Arab travelers along the Silk Road, or simply invented half his stories, this remains a delightful read for fans of history, adventure, and medieval literature. [via]
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The Travels of Marco Poloby Henri Cordier, Marco Polo, Henry YuleISBN 0486275868 (0-486-27586-8)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Travels of Marco Polo'Book summary:One of the greatest books of all time a vast treasury of invaluable observations on the peoples and geography of the Near East and Asia in the 13th century. Detailed descriptions of cities, customs, laws, crops, animals, political systems, much more. 200 illustrations, 32 maps and site plans. Volume I of 2-volume set.[via]More editions of The Travels of Marco Polo:
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Travels of Marco Poloby Milton RugoffISBN 0451517172 (0-451-51717-2)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Travels of Marco Polo'Book summary:First published in 1931. None of the manuscripts which have come down to us represents the original form of Marco Polo's narrative, but it is clear that certain texts are closer to the lost original than others. Entrusted with the task of preparing a new Italian edition of Marco Polo, Benedetto discovered many unknown manuscripts. He carefully edited the most famous of the manuscripts (the Geographic text) and collated it with the other best known ones.
· An invaluable index has been added to Aldo Ricci's of Benedetto's text, which includes all the identifications made in the Geographic text and also later editions by Marsden (1818), Pauthier (1865) and Yule (1871).
· The difficulty of following Polo on his many journeys has also been simplified by the process of distinguishing between those places on his main route to China and his return journey by sea to Persia and those places which he visited during his stay in China and those he never visited at all.
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The Travels of Marco Poloby Ronald LethamISBN 0140440577 (0-14-044057-7)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Travels of Marco Polo'Book summary:Marco Polo was the most famous traveller of his time. His voyages began in 1271 with a visit to China, after which he served the Kubilai Khan on numerous diplomatic missions. On his return to the West, he was made a prisoner of war and met Rustichello of Pisa, with whom he collaborated on this book. The accounts of his travels provide a fascinating glimpse of the different societies he encountered: their religions, customs, ceremonies and way of life; on the spices and silks of the East; on precious gems, exotic vegetation and wild beasts. He tells the story of the holy shoemaker, the wicked caliph and the three kings, among a great many others, evoking a remote and long-vanished world with colour and immediacy. [via]
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The Travels of Marco Poloby Teresa Waugh, Marco Polo, Maria BellonciISBN 0871968908 (0-87196-890-8)
Hardcover, Facts on File
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· An invaluable index has been added to Aldo Ricci's of Benedetto's text, which includes all the identifications made in the Geographic text and also later editions by Marsden (1818), Pauthier (1865) and Yule (1871).
· The difficulty of following Polo on his many journeys has also been simplified by the process of distinguishing between those places on his main route to China and his return journey by sea to Persia and those places which he visited during his stay in China and those he never visited at all.
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Unknown Sands: Journeys Around the World's Most Isolated Countryby John W. KropfISBN 0976356511 (0-9763565-1-1)
Hardcover, Dusty Spark Pub
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Until the Sun Fallsby Cecelia Holland, Holland CeceliaISBN 0595007996 (0-595-00799-6)
Softcover, Iuniverse Inc
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Wind Against the Mountain: The Crisis of Politics and Culture in Thirteenth-Century Chinaby Richard L. DavisISBN 0674953576 (0-674-95357-6)
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