![]() ![]() Yet in his homeland of Mongolia he is the revered father of the nation, and the Chinese honor him as the founder of a dynasty. To Muslims, Russians and westerners, he is a murderer of millions, a brutal oppressor. John Man’s towering achievement in this book, enriched by his experiences in China and Mongolia today, is to bring this little-known story vividly and viscerally to life. Genghis Khan is one of historys immortals, alive in memory as a scourge, hero, military genius and demi-god. How he united the deeply divided Mongol peoples and went on to rule an empire that stretched from China in the east to Poland in the west (one substantially larger than Rome’s at its zenith) is an epic tale of martial genius and breathtaking cruelty. But how much do we really know about this man? How is it that an unlettered, unsophisticated warrior-nomad came to have such a profound effect on world politics that his influence can still be felt some 800 years later? This text refers to the paperback edition. In the USA, Time magazine, voted Genghis Khan ‘the most important person of the last millennium’. John Man is a historian whose books, published in over 20 languages, include the bestselling Genghis Khan: Life, Death and Resurrection,Ninja: 1,000 Years of the Shadow Warrior, and Samurai: The Last Warrior. In Mongolia he is the father of the nation. ![]() In China, he is honoured as the founder of a dynasty. In Central Asia, they still use his name to frighten children. Genghis Khan – creator of the greatest empire the world has ever seen – is one of history’s immortals. ![]()
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