Gengis Kan y la creación del mundo moderno

The definitive biography of the founder of the greatest empire in history. In twenty-five years, Genghis Khan and his Mongol armies conquered more than the Romans had in four centuries, founding the largest empire man has ever seen. Born Temujin, an outcast of the steppes, the man destined to make history as Great Khan of the Mongols conquered every land he laid eyes on: from Georgia and Armenia to Korea. Genghis Khan emerged as an unexpectedly modern leader: he abolished torture, guaranteed religious freedom, and destroyed feudal systems based on aristocratic privilege. When he was born, with a blood clot in his hand, his mother predicted that the child would change the course of the world, and so it was: Genghis Khan unified all the Mongol tribes of the steppes and transformed his way of life ; he created the most effective army of the Middle Ages, opened trade routes that connected the known world, and founded an empire that stretched from Europe to East Asia. His successors were kings, khans and emperors in China, India and Russia, and his legacy was imperishable. From the beginning of the life of Genghis Khan and his rise and transformation from the tribal world of the steppes to the civilizing explosion of the Mongol Empire, this brilliant essay by Jack Weatherford, an anthropologist specializing in Mongolian history, tells us the epic story of how it was forged. the modern world.