The Mongol Storm
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The Mongols have long been viewed in the West as violent barbarians
who plundered and wrecked the societiesthey invaded. But in fact
the Mongol Empire was highly sophisticated, and through their
conquests they built a new world order. Within the space of a
single generation, they swept across the Middle East, tied Europe
and Asia together through trade, and completely reshaped global
geopolitics.The Mongol Storm tells the story of the Mongols and the
empires they conquered.Drawing on years of deep archival research,
historian Nicholas Morton traces the rise of the Mongols in the
13th century through their rapid invasions of eight different
Middle Eastern societies. As Mongol armies advanced upon the Middle
East, Morton shows, longstanding powers such as the Khwarazmian
Empire, the Kingdom of Jerusalem, and the Abbasid Caliphate
collapsed, while waves of refugees broke across borders and upset
the region's delicate religious and social hierarchies. Amidst the
chaos arose aggressive new empires including the Mamluks and the
Ottomans, who would ultimately challenge the Mongol Empire's
authority and dominate the Middle East for centuries.Even as the
Mongols' power declined, the diplomatic and economic ties their
conquests had established between once-disparate societies endured,
and they left a much more connected Eurasia in their wake,
permanently reconfiguring the balance of medieval world power.The
Mongol Storm is an epic account of violent conflict unfolding
against the vibrant backdrop of the Seljuk Turks' magnificent
garden palaces, mighty Crusader fortresses, Egyptian pyramids,
Damascus' sprawling markets, and the vast Mongol wagon cities.
Vividly written and vast in scope, it completely revises our
understanding of the Mongols and the world of the Middle Ages.
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John Murray ,
Nicholas Morton
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John Murray,
Nicholas Morton
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