![]() On the other hand, this book also promotes the idea that Genghis Kahn and the Mongols as a whole were immensely innovative, while more careful scholarship suggests that they were better at popularizing innovations from other nomadic tribes (like the Khitan) and bringing them to the attention of scholars in the West and the Middle East who adapted and learned from them, which is still something to be proud of. ![]() On the one hand, this book repeats another book I read by the author about Genghis Khan’s daughters and their supposed importance to world history to a substantial degree. This author’s perspective unites two threads of writing about the Mongols that I feel somewhat ambivalent about. ![]() While this book was pleasant enough to read, I had a feeling of deja vu about this book. Genghis Khan And The Making Of The Modern World, by Jack Weatherford ![]()
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