Reviews of this book quickly fall down on the matter of how to spell the names of the characters. Granting that all representations of Mongol names in written languages other than Mongolian are suspect as transliterations at best, it's perhaps not surprising that reviewers come up with variant f...
So, I am kinda hooked on all things Mongol Empire after reading Weatherford's first installment on this subject. Such an easily accessible piece of history that sheds new light on the view of the Mongols that is presented to Western audiences. It is amazing to see the development of political k...
Genghis Khan and his Mongol Horde were good news for the world. Really. Not convinced? Consider the following:1.tGenghis Khan was an advocate of human rights, specifically freedom of religion, freedom from torture and free trade (he got two of the Four Freedoms right, which is pretty impressive b...