Genghis Khan by Jack Weatherford

Title: Genghis Khan: And the Making of the Modern World

Author: Jack Weatherford Website: Jack Weatherford Narrator: Jonathan Davis

Publisher: Audible Studios Website: ASIN: B0038N0H8G Genre: History Listening Length: 14h:20m

Synopsis: The Mongol army led by Genghis Khan subjugated more lands and people in 25 years than the Romans did in 400. 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. This is the story of his rise through the tribal culture to the explosion of civilization that his Mongol Empire unleashed.

This is a fascinating exposition of the life and times of Genghis Khan (c.1162–1227) and the influence the empire he created had on Asia and Europe for over 600 years after his death. A real rags to riches story and an incredible tale of how he conquered an immense area from China to eastern Europe and the Middle East. It continues with the stories of his sons and grandsons, including Kublai Khan and the main generations of those princes of Mongol decent that followed and maintained kingdoms well into the nineteenth century, that were the remnants of the great empire that Genghis Khan created, several of which are now nations in their own right.

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