TY - BOOK AU - Weatherford,Jack TI - Genghis Khan and the making of the modern world SN - 0609610627 AV - DS22.G45 W43 2004 U1 - 950/.21/092 22 PY - 2005/// CY - New York PB - Crown Publishing Group KW - Genghis Khan, KW - Gengis Khan, KW - Mongols KW - Kings and rulers KW - Biography KW - History KW - Rois et souverains KW - Biographies KW - Histoire N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-300) and index; The reign of terror on the steppe: 1162-1206 -- The blood cot -- Tale of three rivers -- War of the Khans -- The mongol world war: 1211 -1261 -- Spitting on the golden Khan -- Sultan versus Khan -- The discovery and conquest of europe -- Warring queens -- The global awakening: 1262-1962 -- Khubilai Khan and the new mongol empire -- The global awakening -- The empire of illusion -- Epilogue: the eternal spirit of Genghis Khan N2 - 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 UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/samples/random045/2003020659.html UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip049/2003020659.html UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/stanford/Doc?id=10062411 UR - http://www.h-net.org/review/hrev-a0e1v0-aa UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/bios/random055/2003020659.html UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/description/random0415/2003020659.html ER -