Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World

TheMongolarmyledbyGenghisKhansubjugatedmorelandsandpeopleintwenty-fiveyearsthantheRomansdidinfourhundred.InnearlyeverycountrytheMongolsconquered,theybroughtanunprecedentedriseinculturalcommunication,expandedtrade,andablossomingofcivilization.VastlymoreprogressivethanhisEuropeanorAsiancounterparts,GenghisKhanabolishedtorture,granteduniversalreligiousfreedom,andsmashedfeudalsystemsofaristocraticprivilege.FromthestoryofhisrisethroughthetribalculturetotheexplosionofcivilizationthattheMongolEmpireunleashed,thisbrilliantworkofrevisionisthistoryisnothinglessthantheepicstoryofhowthemodernworldwasmade.