Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
Jack Weatherford
For 25 years, as he traversed the globe, Genghis Khan's Mongol army conquered more lands and peoples than the Romans had in 400 years.
In every country they conquered, the Mongols fostered an unprecedented cultural renaissance, expanding trade and laying the foundations for a civilization whose impact we still feel today.
Having a far more progressive ideology than his European or Asian counterparts, Genghis Khan abolished torture,
opened the door to universal religious freedoms, dismantled the feudal systems of aristocratic privilege, and established a robust, meticulously planned financial and economic system.
In a journey that takes us from its beginnings through the painful tribal divisions to the immense civilizational revolution unleashed by the Mongol Empire, this important and wonderful work opens our eyes to the distortions and falsehoods in history and tells us the epic story of the making of the modern world.
