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Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World

by Jack Weatherford

  • FINISHED
  • Finished December 2025
  • First published 2004

history asian medieval

Argues that the Mongol Empire helped spread trade, technology and religious tolerance across Eurasia.   Weatherford portrays Genghis Khan as a ruler who built institutions as well as conquering.

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