{"product_id":"genghis-khan-and-the-making-of-the-modern-world-jack-weatherford-paperback","title":"Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World -- Jack Weatherford, Paperback","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eBestseller - The startling true history of how one extraordinary man from a remote cornerof the world created an empire that led the world into the modern age. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe 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 universal religious freedom, and smashed feudal systems of aristocratic privilege. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the story of his rise through the tribal culture to the explosion of civilization that the Mongol Empire unleashed, this brilliant work of revisionist history is nothing less than the epic story of how the modern world was made.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jack Weatherford\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Crown Publishing Group (NY)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/22\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780609809648\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIngram Advance\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2005 pg. 40\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJack Weatherford \u003c\/b\u003eis the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of\u003ci\u003e Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World; Indian Givers: How the Indians of the Americas Transformed the World; The Secret History of the Mongol Queens\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eThe History of Money\u003c\/i\u003e, among other acclaimed books. A specialist in tribal peoples, he was for many years a professor of anthropology at Macalaster College in Minnesota and divides his time between the US and Mongolia.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Weatherford, Jack","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46031141044452,"sku":"9780609809648","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/9587\/8628\/files\/9780609809648.jpg?v=1777152854","url":"https:\/\/bookandmortar.com\/products\/genghis-khan-and-the-making-of-the-modern-world-jack-weatherford-paperback","provider":"BookandMortar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}