Weatherford, J. McIver.
Summary: A history of the ruling women of the Mongol Empire, this work reveals their struggle to preserve a nation that shaped the world.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Publishers 2010
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Summary: 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. Vastly more progressive than his European or Asian counterparts, Genghis Khan abolished torture, granted...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 950.21 WEASeverin, Timothy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum 1992
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 951.7 SEVRossabi, Morris.
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of California Press 1987
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KUBLAI KHAN ROSSummary: This series covers history from 3500 B.C. to the 1780's. This course analyzes civilizations by looking at their geographic and political environments, their technologies, economies, social institutions, and cultural achievements. Students will look at history from new perspectives, come to understand the connections between human beings despite time and distance, and appreciate the lasting...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Teaching Company 1995
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Lamb, Harold
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 1927
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KHAPolo, Marco
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abaris Books 1982
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 915.042 POLFavereau, Marie
Summary: "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 builtand traces its enduring imprint on politics and society in Europe, Asia, and the Middle East"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 950 FAVContents: disc 1. Steppes and peoples ; The rise of the Steppe nomads ; Early nomads and China ; The Han Emperors and Xiongnu at war ; Scythians, Greeks, and Persians ; The Parthians -- disc 2. Kushans, Sacae, and the Silk Road ; Rome and the Sarmatians ; Trade across the Tarim Basin ; Buddhism, Manichaeism, and Christianity ; Rome and the Huns ; Attila the Hun, scourge of God -- disc 3. Sassanid Shahs...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2014