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Genghis Khan and the Mongols

Michael Gibson

出版	Wayland, 1973
主題	Biography & Autobiography / HistoricalHistory / Asia / Central Asia
ISBN	08534018619780853401865
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=qkaCAAAACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋

Towards the end of the twelfth century, Mongol nomads descended in hordes from the barren steppes of Central Asia and spread confusion and terror among the civilized states of the West. Cities were razed to the ground, and men, women and children slaughtered like cattle. The author traces the ruthless rise to power of the Mongol leader Genghis Khan, from his youth as a friendless refugee to his later years as Khan of all the Mongols, ruler of one of the world's largest empires.Yet, within a hundred years, this great empire had collapsed, leaving behind it little but legend - tales of great warriors, and savage punishments, of men who drank blood from their horses' necks, and buried their enemies alive beneath mounds of stones. The book is lavishly illustrated with contemporary pictures, as well as specially commissioned diagrams and maps, which give a fascinating insight into the little-known world of the Mongols.