«Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World»

Contents

Title Page

Dedication

Epigraph

The Mongol Dynasties

Introduction

The Missing Conqueror                  

PART I

THE REIGN OF TERROR ON THE STEPPE: 1162-1206

1

The Blood Clot

2

Tale of Three Rivers

3

War of the Khans

PART II

THE MONGOL WORLD WAR: 1211–1261

4

Spitting on the Golden Khan

5

Sultan Versus Khan

6

The Discovery and Conquest of Europe

7

Warring Queens

PART III

THE GLOBAL AWAKENING: 1262–1962

8

Khubilai Khan and the New Mongol Empire

9

Their Golden Light

10

The Empire of Illusion

Epilogue

The Eternal Spirit of Genghis Khan

Notes

A Note on Transliteration

Selected Bibliography

Glossary

Acknowledgments

About the Author

Also by Jack Weatherford

Praise for The History of Money

Copyright Page

To the Young Mongols:

Never forget the Mongolian scholars

who were willing to sacrifice their lives to preserve your history.

This noble king was called Genghis Khan,

Who in his time was of so great renown

That there was nowhere in no region

So excellent a lord in all things.

G

EOFFREY

C

HAUCER,

“The Squire’s Tale,”

The Canterbury Tales (c. 1395)

Introduction

The Missing Conqueror

Genghis Khan was a doer.

W

ASHINGTON

P

OST,