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Nearly every aspect of our world -- borders, political philosophies, technology, warfare, commerce, clothing, art, literature, language, and music -- bears the indelible mark of Genghis Khan and his Mongol Empire. Here is a startling true history of how one extraordinary man from a remote corner of the world created an empire that led the world into the modern age. 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 Khan's homeland and forbidden burial site -- tracks the astonishing story of Genghis Khan and his descendants, and their conquest and transformation of the world. - Jacket flap. 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.

Genghis Khan --- Mongols --- S23/0515 --- S23/0525 --- S23/0520 --- S23/0690 --- Kings and rulers --- History --- Mongolia and the Mongols (including Tannu Tuva, Buriats)--Genghis Khan and his family --- Mongolia and the Mongols (including Tannu Tuva, Buriats)--Mongolian history: since 1368 --- Mongolia and the Mongols (including Tannu Tuva, Buriats)--Mongols in Russia and Iran (Tamerlan comes here too) --- Mongolia and the Mongols (including Tannu Tuva, Buriats)--Mongolian relations with other countries --- Dzjengis Khan --- Genghis Khan, --- Changīz Khān, --- Chʻeng-chi-ssu-han, --- Chengjisihan, --- Chinggis Khaan, --- Chinggis-Khan, --- Chinghis Khan, --- Chingis Khan, --- Chingiskhan, --- Чингисхан, --- Chingisu Han, --- Chingisu Kan, --- Chingiz-khan, --- C̆inggis-Khan, --- Cingġis Qaġan, --- Cingġis-Qan, --- Cinghis Khaan, --- Cinkkīz-Khān, --- Czyngis-Chan, --- Dschingis-Chan, --- Dschingis Khan, --- Dschingiz-Chan, --- Džingis-kan, --- Dzsingisz kán, --- Jankīz Khān, --- Jenghis Khan, --- Jenghiz Khan, --- Jinghis Khan, --- Jingisu Kan, --- Khan, Genghis, --- Sŏnggilsa Han, --- Tamūjin, --- Temuchin, --- Temuchzhin, --- Temujin, --- Tėmu̇u̇zhin, --- Tėmu̇zhin, --- Tīmūjīn, --- Tschingis Chan, --- Yenkitsakhān, --- Zingis-Khan, --- جنكيز خان، --- چنگيز خان --- 成吉思汗, --- Chingis Khaan, --- Чингис Хаан, --- Gengis Khan,

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In the thirteenth century, the Mongols created a vast transcontinental empire that functioned as a cultural 'clearing house' for the Old World. Under Mongol auspices various commodities, ideologies and technologies were disseminated across Eurasia. The focus of this path-breaking study is the extensive exchanges between Iran and China. The Mongol rulers of these two ancient civilizations 'shared' the cultural resources of their realms with one another. The result was a lively traffic in specialist personnel and scholarly literature between East and West. These exchanges ranged from cartography to printing, from agriculture to astronomy. The book concludes by asking why the Mongols made such heavy use of sedentary scholars and specialists in the elaboration of their court culture and why they initiated so many exchanges across Eurasia. This is a work of great erudition which crosses new scholarly boundaries in its analysis of communication and culture in the Mongol empire.

History of Asia --- Polo, Marco --- anno 1200-1499 --- China --- Iran --- Mongolia --- S09/0402 --- S23/0525 --- China: Foreign relations and world politics--China and Central Asia --- Mongolia and the Mongols (including Tannu Tuva, Buriats)--Mongolian history: since 1368 --- -China: Foreign relations and world politics--China and Central Asia --- Mongols - Eurasia. --- S23/0520 --- Mongols --- -Mongolians --- Mongolia and the Mongols (including Tannu Tuva, Buriats)--Mongols in Russia and Iran (Tamerlan comes here too) --- República Islâmica do Irã --- Irã --- Persia --- Northern Tier --- Islamic Republic of Iran --- Jumhūrī-i Islāmī-i Īrān --- I-lang --- Paras-Iran --- Paras --- Persia-Iran --- I.R.A. --- Islamische Republik Iran --- Islamskai︠a︡ Respublika Iran --- I.R.I. --- IRI --- ايران --- جمهورى اسلامى ايران --- Êran --- Komarî Îslamî Êran --- Cina --- Kinë --- Cathay --- Chinese National Government --- Chung-kuo kuo min cheng fu --- Republic of China (1912-1949) --- Kuo min cheng fu (China : 1912-1949) --- Chung-hua min kuo (1912-1949) --- Kina (China) --- National Government (1912-1949) --- China (Republic : 1912-1949) --- People's Republic of China --- Chinese People's Republic --- Chung-hua jen min kung ho kuo --- Central People's Government of Communist China --- Chung yang jen min cheng fu --- Chung-hua chung yang jen min kung ho kuo --- Central Government of the People's Republic of China --- Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo --- Zhong hua ren min gong he guo --- Kitaĭskai︠a︡ Narodnai︠a︡ Respublika --- Činská lidová republika --- RRT --- Republik Rakjat Tiongkok --- KNR --- Kytaĭsʹka Narodna Respublika --- Jumhūriyat al-Ṣīn al-Shaʻbīyah --- RRC --- Kitaĭ --- Kínai Népköztársaság --- Chūka Jinmin Kyōwakoku --- Erets Sin --- Sin --- Sāthāranarat Prachāchon Čhīn --- P.R. China --- PR China --- Chung-kuo --- Zhongguo --- Zhonghuaminguo (1912-1949) --- Zhong guo --- Chine --- République Populaire de Chine --- República Popular China --- Catay --- VR China --- VRChina --- 中國 --- 中国 --- 中华人民共和国 --- Jhongguó --- Bu̇gu̇de Nayiramdaxu Dundadu Arad Ulus --- Bu̇gu̇de Nayiramdaqu Dumdadu Arad Ulus --- Bu̇gd Naĭramdakh Dundad Ard Uls --- Khi︠a︡tad --- Kitad --- Dumdadu Ulus --- Dumdad Uls --- Думдад Улс --- Kitajska --- Relations --- -Relations --- -Civilization --- -Civilization. --- Mongolians --- Civilization --- Civilization. --- Altaic peoples --- Ethnology --- China (Republic : 1949- ) --- PRC --- P.R.C. --- BNKhAU --- БНХАУ --- Arts and Humanities --- History