Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World

Synopsis

New york times bestseller • the 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—by the author featured in echoes of the empire: beyond genghis khan. The mongol army led by genghis khan subjugated more lands and people in twenty-five years than the romans did in four hundred. In nearly every country the mongols conquered, they brought an unprecedented rise in cultural communication, expanded trade, and a blossoming of civilization.