The Mongols : a history

Author(s)

• Curtin, Jeremiah

Bibliographic Information

The Mongols : a history

Jeremiah Curtin ; with a foreword by Theodore Roosevelt

Da Capo Press, 2003

Note

Reprint. Originally published: Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown , 1908

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

The Mongols were the superpower of their day, erupting out of Central Asia in 1206 to conquer an empire stretching from Poland to Korea. Their arrival in the Middle East upset the very tenuous balance between Christendom and Islam, sparking a long-simmering rivalry that has, as we all know, lasted to this day.An absorbing, detailed narrative on the clans, feuds, battles, and conquests of the Mongol era, covering every aspect of Mongol intrigue, logistics, and tactics.

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Details

• NCID: BA65421121
• ISBN:
  • 0306812436
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Cambridge, Mass
• Pages/Volumes: xxvi, 426 p.
• Size: 21 cm
• Classification:
  • DC21 : 950.2
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Mongols -- History
  • LCSH : Asia -- History, Military