Title:
Genghis Khan and the quest for God : how the world's greatest conqueror gave us religious freedom / Jack Weatherford.
ISBN:
9780735221154
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Publication Information:
New York : Viking, [2016]
©2016
Physical Description:
xxiii, 407 pages : maps ; 24 cm
Contents:
The anger of the gods -- Becoming Temujin. The teeth that eat men ; The golden whip of heaven ; Wisdom of the steppe ; Conflicting selves -- Becoming Genghis Khan. Messenger of light ; Jesus of the steppe ; The making of the Mongol nation ; Guardians of the flame -- Becoming the world conqueror. Wings of one bird ; God's omnipotence ; The thumb of fate ; Wild man from the mountain ; The Confucian and the unicorn -- Becoming a god. The last campaign ; War, inside and out ; Burning the books ; Life after death -- The thunderbolt of God.
Summary:
"Reveals how Genghis Khan harnessed the power of religion to rule the largest empire the world has ever known. By the New York Times best-selling author of Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World,"--NoveList.
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OCLC Number:
ocn957696413
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