The Horde : how the Mongols changed the world / Marie Favereau.
By: Favereau, Marie [author.].
Publisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, ©2021Description: 377 p.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780674244214.Subject(s): Civilization, Mongol | Mongols -- History | Golden Horde -- Civilization | Golden Horde -- HistoryGenre/Form: Print books.Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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On Shelf | DS22.7 .F37 2021 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU00000000017685 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: A power of a new kind -- The resilience of the felt-walled tents -- The lost throne -- New hordes -- The great mutation -- The price of peace -- The northern road -- Withdrawal -- Younger brothers -- Epilogue: The Horde's mirror.
"The Mongols are universally known as conquerors, but they were more than that: influential thinkers, politicians, engineers, and merchants. Challenging the view that nomads are peripheral to history, The Horde reveals the complex empire the Mongols built and traces its enduring imprint on politics and society in Europe, Asia, and the Middle East"--