Genghis Khan: Life Lessons From One of History's Greatest Legends (How the World's Greatest Conqueror Gave Us Religious Freedom)

An epic account of how a new world order under tamerlane was born out of the decline of the mongol empire By the mid-fourteenth century, the world empire founded by genghis khan was in crisis. The mongol ilkhanate had ended in iran and iraq, china’s mongol rulers were threatened by the native ming, and the golden horde and the central asian mongols were prey to internal discord. Into this void moved the warlord tamerlane, the last major conqueror to emerge from inner asia. Inside you will read about... •Mystery of the steppes •When warriors are made •Rites of passage •A battle against shamanic destiny •United they stand •Throwing sand at an empire •Genghis khan’s crusade •The last days of genghis khan The mongol queens of the thirteenth century ruled the largest empire the world has ever known. The daughters of the silk route turned their father’s conquests into the first truly international empire, fostering trade, education, and religion throughout their territories and creating an economic system that stretched from the pacific to the mediterranean. Yet sometime near the end of the century, censors cut a section about the queens from the secret history of the mongols, and, with that one act, the dynasty of these royals had seemingly been extinguished forever, as even their names were erased from the historical record.