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Nearly every aspect of our world -- borders, political philosophies, technology, warfare, commerce, clothing, art, literature, language, and music -- bears the indelible mark of Genghis Khan and his Mongol Empire. Here is a 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. The name Genghis Khan often conjures the image of a relentless, bloodthirsty barbarian on horseback leading a ruthless band of nomadic warriors in the looting of the civilized world. But the surprising truth is that Genghis Khan was a visionary leader whose conquests joined backward Europe with the flourishing cultures of Asia to trigger a global awakening, an unprecedented explosion of technologies, trade, and ideas. In Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World, Jack Weatherford, the only Western scholar ever to be allowed into the Mongols' "Great Taboo"--Genghis Khan's homeland and forbidden burial site -- tracks the astonishing story of Genghis Khan and his descendants, and their conquest and transformation of the world. - Jacket flap. 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.

Genghis Khan --- Mongols --- S23/0515 --- S23/0525 --- S23/0520 --- S23/0690 --- Kings and rulers --- History --- Mongolia and the Mongols (including Tannu Tuva, Buriats)--Genghis Khan and his family --- Mongolia and the Mongols (including Tannu Tuva, Buriats)--Mongolian history: since 1368 --- Mongolia and the Mongols (including Tannu Tuva, Buriats)--Mongols in Russia and Iran (Tamerlan comes here too) --- Mongolia and the Mongols (including Tannu Tuva, Buriats)--Mongolian relations with other countries --- Dzjengis Khan --- Genghis Khan, --- Changīz Khān, --- Chʻeng-chi-ssu-han, --- Chengjisihan, --- Chinggis Khaan, --- Chinggis-Khan, --- Chinghis Khan, --- Chingis Khan, --- Chingiskhan, --- Чингисхан, --- Chingisu Han, --- Chingisu Kan, --- Chingiz-khan, --- C̆inggis-Khan, --- Cingġis Qaġan, --- Cingġis-Qan, --- Cinghis Khaan, --- Cinkkīz-Khān, --- Czyngis-Chan, --- Dschingis-Chan, --- Dschingis Khan, --- Dschingiz-Chan, --- Džingis-kan, --- Dzsingisz kán, --- Jankīz Khān, --- Jenghis Khan, --- Jenghiz Khan, --- Jinghis Khan, --- Jingisu Kan, --- Khan, Genghis, --- Sŏnggilsa Han, --- Tamūjin, --- Temuchin, --- Temuchzhin, --- Temujin, --- Tėmu̇u̇zhin, --- Tėmu̇zhin, --- Tīmūjīn, --- Tschingis Chan, --- Yenkitsakhān, --- Zingis-Khan, --- جنكيز خان، --- چنگيز خان --- 成吉思汗, --- Chingis Khaan, --- Чингис Хаан, --- Gengis Khan,