{"product_id":"genghis-khan-and-the-mongol-empire-an-enthralling-guide-to-the-most-feared-ruler-in-history-and-the-mongolian-warriors-who-dominated-the-medieval-wor-hardcover","title":"Genghis Khan and the Mongol Empire: An Enthralling Guide to the Most Feared Ruler in History and the Mongolian Warriors Who Dominated the Medieval Wor - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBilly Wellman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe man, then the empire. From a herding boy left for dead on the steppe to the largest land empire the world has ever seen.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo manuscripts in one book: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGenghis Khan: An Enthralling Guide to the Conquests, Empire, and Enduring Legacy of the Mongol Horde\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Mongol Empire: An Enthralling Guide to the Unprecedented Expansion, Cultural Exchange, and Legacy of the Mongol Conquests\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom a boy left for dead on the steppe to the most feared name in the medieval world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart One: Genghis Khan\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe definitive story of a man who rose from the windswept steppes of Mongolia to command the largest contiguous empire in history - the battles, and the personal struggles that forged a legend.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn the first part of this book, you will explore: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Betrayals and Near-Death Escapes: \u003c\/strong\u003eThe captivity, hunger, and treachery that could have ended Temüjin's life before his rise ever began\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Kidnapping of Borte: \u003c\/strong\u003eThe dramatic abduction of his wife by the Merkits, the rescue that followed, and how it hardened his resolve\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Alliances That Built an Army: \u003c\/strong\u003eThe blood-brother bond with Jamukha, the patronage of Toghrul, and the surprising friendships and rivalries that forged an unstoppable force\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Making of a Universal Ruler: \u003c\/strong\u003eHow a fractured set of steppe tribes became a single nation under one man at the kurultai of 1206\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Fate of His Successors: \u003c\/strong\u003eOgedei, Tolui, Jochi, and Chagatai - the heirs who tried to hold a continent-spanning empire together after the great Khan was gone\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart Two: The Mongol Empire\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInside the felt tents of the steppe. Inside the burning libraries of Baghdad. Inside the saddle of a Mongol bowman who could shoot accurately at full gallop from either side of his horse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn the second part of this book, you will discover: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Rise of Genghis Khan: \u003c\/strong\u003eTemüjin's early years of captivity and exile, the kidnapping of Borte, the Baljuna Covenant, and the path that ended with a tribal boy becoming universal ruler in 1206\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Mongol Way of War: \u003c\/strong\u003eComposite bows, decimal army units, feigned retreats, siege engineers absorbed from China, and the terror tactics that brought down walls before the first arrow flew\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Destruction of Khwarazm and the Conquest of China: \u003c\/strong\u003eHow Mongol armies erased empires that had stood for centuries - Khwarazm, Western Xia, the Jin dynasty - in a single generation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Invasion of Europe: \u003c\/strong\u003eThe campaigns of Batu and Subutai across the Volga, the sack of Kiev, Legnica in Poland, the Battle of Mohi in Hungary, and the death of Ogedei Khan in 1241 that may have saved the rest of Europe\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Conquest of the Middle East: \u003c\/strong\u003eHulagu's army of 120,000 men, the fall of the Assassins, and the siege and sack of Baghdad in 1258 that ended five hundred years of the Abbasid Caliphate\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Pax Mongolica: \u003c\/strong\u003eWhy the bloodiest century in medieval history was also the century that made the Silk Road safe - and how plague, paper money, gunpowder, and ideas all rode the same roads\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eKublai Khan and the Yuan Dynasty: \u003c\/strong\u003eHow Genghis's grandson conquered Song China, moved the capital to Dadu (modern Beijing), and drew the Italian traveler Marco Polo\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Decline and Fall: \u003c\/strong\u003eThe Golden Horde, the Ilkhanate, the Chagatai Khanate, and the Yuan - four successor states the Mongols left behind, and the slow unraveling that followed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 06, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48532488159453,"sku":"9798887657264","price":34.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/7igzerWakw9798887657264.webp?v=1788975632","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/genghis-khan-and-the-mongol-empire-an-enthralling-guide-to-the-most-feared-ruler-in-history-and-the-mongolian-warriors-who-dominated-the-medieval-wor-hardcover","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}