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 ...
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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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Add this copy of The Mongol Empire. Its Rise and Legacy to cart. $24.41, very good condition, Sold by Lawrence Jones rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Nobby Beach, QLD, AUSTRALIA, published 1952 by Allen & Unwin.
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Very Good. No Jacket. 8vo. 581pp, index, bibliography, glossary, endpaper maps, chronological table, bw frontis. Or brown cloth lacking jacket. Some fading to spine, pencil notation throughout, owners name etc in ink on verso of frontispiece. Interesting and detailed account of the Mongol Empire including Genghis and Kublai Khan.
Add this copy of Mongol Empire: Its Rise and Legacy to cart. $32.00, very good condition, Sold by Shoemaker Booksellers rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Gettysburg, PA, UNITED STATES, published 1952 by George Allen and Unwin Ltd..
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Very Good in Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 582 pp. Original brown cloth covers w/ modest rubbing to corners and spine ends. Light foxing to edges of text block. "In Memoriam" bookplate on verso of front endpaper. DJ moderately soiled w/ wear to edges, and mild chipping to corners and spine ends. Approx. 1/2" chip to top edge of front panel. Price clipped.
Add this copy of The Mongol Empire: Its Rise and Legacy to cart. $82.00, good condition, Sold by Expatriate Bookshop rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Svendborg, DENMARK, published 1953 by Allen and Unwin.
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One page corner torn & rumpled. Bookplate to half-title. Good. 23x15cm, 581 pp., Light binding corner bump. Translation by Eden and Cedar Paul of 'Tschingis-Chan und sein Erbe'. Contents: Prologue: Europe awaits King David--Jenghiz Khan. Young Temuchin--Expanding power--Alliance with the Khan of the Keraits--Danger threatens--Jenghiz Khan of Khans--Training of the Mongols--The Chinese War--The world in the west--War against the Shah--A war of annihilation--The sage from China--Return--Jenghiz Khan's heritage--The Mongol Empire. A great prime minister--The Mongols in Europe--Among the Tartars--The conqueror's grandsons--A general onslaught--Kublai Khan--Marco Polo's millions--The three realms. End of the empire--The realm of Ilkhans--The Yuen Dynasty--The golden horde--The centre--Tamerlane. The land between the realms--Knight-errant--Lord of Transoxania--The five years' campaign--The sexagenarian--Dream of world-dominion--The heritage. The heirs--The disinherited--Epilogue: The key of Asia.
