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Genghis Khan and the Quest for God - Origins of Religious Freedom - Weatherford
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- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller notes
- “This copy is solid, square, clean and unmarked. Slight cover wear.”
- Narrative Type
- Nonfiction
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- United States
- Type
- History - Religious
- Features
- MAPS
- ISBN
- 978-0-7352-2117-4
- Weight
- 703.00 grams
- Date of Publication
- 2016-10-25
- SIZE: 8 3/8" X 5 1/2"; 407 PAGES
- PUBLISHER: PENGUIN BOOKS
- Intended Audience
- Young Adults, Adults
- Era
- 13th Century
- EAN
- 9780735221154
- Book Title
- Genghis Khan and the Quest for God : How the World's Greatest Conqueror Gave Us Religious Freedom
- Item Length
- 9.2 in
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Publication Year
- 2016
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 1.3 in
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, Religion, History, Political Science
- Topic
- Asia / Central Asia, Asia / General, Religious, Comparative Religion, Political Freedom, Religion, Politics & State, Historical
- Item Width
- 6.2 in
- Item Weight
- 22 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 432 Pages
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A landmark biography by the New York Times bestselling author of Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World that reveals how Genghis harnessed the power of religion to rule the largest empire the world has ever known. Throughout history the world's greatest conquerors have made their mark not just on the battlefield, but in the societies they have transformed. Genghis Khan conquered by arms and bravery, but he ruled by commerce and religion. He created the world's greatest trading network and drastically lowered taxes for merchants, but he knew that if his empire was going to last, he would need something stronger and more binding than trade. He needed religion. And so, unlike the Christian, Taoist and Muslim conquerors who came before him, he gave his subjects freedom of religion. Genghis lived in the 13th century, but he struggled with many of the same problems we face today: How should one balance religious freedom with the need to reign in fanatics? Can one compel rival religions - driven by deep seated hatred--to live together in peace? A celebrated anthropologist whose bestselling Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World radically transformed our understanding of the Mongols and their legacy, Jack Weatherford has spent eighteen years exploring areas of Mongolia closed until the fall of the Soviet Union and researching The Secret History of the Mongols, an astonishing document written in code that was only recently discovered. He pored through archives and found groundbreaking evidence of Genghis's influence on the founding fathers and his essential impact on Thomas Jefferson. Genghis Khan and the Quest for God is a masterpiece of erudition and insight, his most personal and resonant work.
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Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0735221154
ISBN-13
9780735221154
eBay Product ID (ePID)
219738480
Product Key Features
Book Title
Genghis Khan and the Quest for God : How the World's Greatest Conqueror Gave Us Religious Freedom
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Asia / Central Asia, Asia / General, Religious, Comparative Religion, Political Freedom, Religion, Politics & State, Historical
Publication Year
2016
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Religion, History, Political Science
Number of Pages
432 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Height
1.3 in
Item Width
6.2 in
Item Weight
22 Oz
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Lc Classification Number
Bl640.W43 2016
Reviews
"Weatherford tells the gripping story of how a man rose from nothing to control almost all the known world. That the Mongol conqueror Genghis Khan, the ultimate self-made man, was also the founder of religious liberty is only one of many surprises in this well-researched and well-written book. Through meticulous scholarship, Jack Weatherford has found tangible echoes of the Founding Fathers' promotion of complete religious tolerance in the thinking of Genghis Khan." -- Andrew Roberts, author of Napoleon "Genghis Khan is best remembered by Voltaire's description: a 'cruel tyrant King of Kings', who butchered and brutalised his way across the medieval world. But in this elegant, original and scrupulously researched book, Jack Weatherford makes the case for a Mongolian warlord as first mover behind the First Amendment freedoms millions of Americans enjoy today. Bold, compelling and tautly argued, this is another fine study of a subject Weatherford knows better than anyone else writing today." -- Dan Jones, author of The Plantagenets "The conquests of the Mongols were arguably the most important event of the last millennium in Eurasia. Yet Genghis Khan has remained an opaque and enigmatic figure, a symbol of cruelty and little else. Jack Weatherford has peeled back the curtain and revealed a complex man and thinker in this path-breaking work of rousing history and scholarship." -- Robert D. Kaplan, author of The Revenge of Geography and Eastward to Tartary "Jack Weatherford returns to Genghis Khan and offers a startling conclusion: that the Western tradition of secularism in fact was enhanced by the religious tolerance of the great Mongolian warlord. An engaging, well-researched--and counter-intuitive--intellectual odyssey. -- Victor Davis Hanson, Senior Fellow in Residence in Classics and Military History at the Hoover Institution/Stanford University and author of Carnage and Culture "Weatherford's study of 13th-century Mongolia reveals how Genghis harnessed the power of religion to rule the largest empire the world has ever known, and draws parallels to religious extremism today." --Publisher's Weekly, Top 10 History Titles Praise for Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World "Reads like the Iliad . . . . Part travelogue, part epic narrative." --The Washington Post "Weatherford is a fantastic storyteller. . . . [His] portrait of Khan is drawn with sufficiently self-complicating depth. . . . Weatherford's account gives a generous view of the Mongol conqueror at his best and worst." --Minneapolis Star Tribune, Praise for Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World "Reads like the Iliad . . . . Part travelogue, part epic narrative." --The Washington Post "Weatherford is a fantastic storyteller. . . . [His] portrait of Khan is drawn with sufficiently self-complicating depth. . . . Weatherford's account gives a generous view of the Mongol conqueror at his best and worst." --Minneapolis Star Tribune, Advanced praise for Genghis Khan and the Quest for God "Weatherford's study of 13th-century Mongolia reveals how Genghis harnessed the power of religion to rule the largest empire the world has ever known, and draws parallels to religious extremism today." --Publisher's Weekly, Top 10 History Titles Praise for Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World "Reads like the Iliad . . . . Part travelogue, part epic narrative." --The Washington Post "Weatherford is a fantastic storyteller. . . . [His] portrait of Khan is drawn with sufficiently self-complicating depth. . . . Weatherford's account gives a generous view of the Mongol conqueror at his best and worst." --Minneapolis Star Tribune
Copyright Date
2016
Lccn
2016-039793
Dewey Decimal
323.44/209
Dewey Edition
23
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