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  • Raiders, Rulers, and Traders

    The Horse and the Rise of Empires

    de David Chaffetz ...
    **An Economist Best Book of the YearA New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice“A thrilling trip through 2,000 years in the rise of empires.” —Robert Sullivan, New York Times Book ReviewA captivating history of civilization that reveals the central role of the horse in culture, commerce, and conquest.**No animal is so entangled in human history as the horse. The thread starts in prehistory, with ... Leer más

    $13.99 USD

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

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    Raiders, Rulers, and Traders

    The Horse and the Rise of Empires

    de David Chaffetz ...
    Narrado por Paul Boehmer ...

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    13 hora 56 minutos

    No animal is so entangled in human history as the horse. The thread starts in prehistory, with a slight, shy animal, hunted for food. Domesticating the horse allowed early humans to settle the vast Eurasian steppe; later, their horses enabled new forms of warfare, encouraged long-distance trade routes, and ended up acquiring deep cultural and religious significance.Over time, horses came to power ... Leer más

    $24.99 USD

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  • Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World

    de Jack Weatherford ...
    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The startling true history of how one extraordinary man from a remote corner of the world created an empire that led the world into the modern age—by the author featured in Echoes of the Empire: Beyond Genghis Khan.The Mongol army led by Genghis Khan subjugated more lands and people in twenty-five years than the Romans did in four hundred. In nearly every country the ... Leer más

    $14.99 USD

  • The Secret History of the Mongol Queens

    How the Daughters of Genghis Khan Rescued His Empire

    de Jack Weatherford ...
    “A fascinating romp through the feminine side of the infamous Khan clan” (Booklist) by the author featured in Echoes of the Empire: Beyond Genghis Khan“Enticing . . . hard to put down.”—Associated PressThe 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 ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

  • The Roman Empire and the Silk Routes

    The Ancient World Economy & the Empires of Parthia, Central Asia & Han China

    de Raoul McLaughlin ...
    A fascinating history of the intricate web of trade routes connecting ancient Rome to Eastern civilizations, including its powerful rival, the Han Empire.The Roman Empire and the Silk Routes investigates the trade routes between Rome and the powerful empires of inner Asia, including the Parthian Empire of ancient Persia, and the Kushan Empire which seized power in Bactria (Afghanistan), laying ... Leer más

    $14.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • The Mongols: From Genghis Khan to Tamerlane

    From Genghis Khan to Tamerlane

    de W.B. Bartlett ...
    In the space of 200 hundred years, the Mongols built the greatest empire that the world had ever known and then lost it again. At its greatest extent, the lands they held dwarfed those under the control of Rome at its prime whilst the conquests of its founder, Genghis Khan, outshone those of even Alexander the Great. There were few parts of the known world that were not touched by the Mongols in ... Leer más

    $10.99 USD

  • The Rise and Fall of the Second Largest Empire in History

    How Genghis Khan's Mongols Almost Conquered the World

    de Thomas J. Craughwell ...
    How Genghis Khan and the Mongols conquered nearly one-sixth of the planet: "The fascinating story of history's most misunderstood empire builders." —Alan Axelrod, bestselling author of Miracle at Belleau WoodEmerging out of the vast steppes of Central Asia in the early 1200s, the Mongols, under their ferocious leader, Genghis Khan, quickly carved out an empire that by the late thirteenth century ... Leer más

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  • The Horde

    How the Mongols Changed the World

    de Marie Favereau ...
    Cundill Prize FinalistA Financial Times Book of the YearA Spectator Book of the YearA Five Books Book of the YearThe Mongols are known for one thing: conquest. But in this first comprehensive history of the Horde, the western portion of the Mongol empire that arose after the death of Chinggis Khan, Marie Favereau takes us inside one of the most powerful engines of economic integration in world ... Leer más

    $13.99 USD

  • The Silk Road

    A New History

    de Valerie Hansen ...
    The Silk Road is as iconic in world history as the Colossus of Rhodes or the Suez Canal. But what was it, exactly? It conjures up a hazy image of a caravan of camels laden with silk on a dusty desert track, reaching from China to Rome. The reality was different--and far more interesting--as revealed in this new history. In The Silk Road, Valerie Hansen describes the remarkable archeological finds ... Leer más

    $16.99 USD

  • Genghis Khan

    Life, Death, and Resurrection

    de John Man ...
    "A thrilling account" of the brilliant, ruthless founder of the Mongol Empire ( The Guardian).Genghis Khan is one of history's immortals, alive in memory as a scourge, hero, military genius and demigod. To Muslims, Russians, and westerners, he is a murderer of millions, a brutal oppressor. Yet in his homeland of Mongolia he is the revered father of the nation, and the Chinese honor him as the ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

  • Genghis Khan

    His Conquests, His Empire, His Legacy

    de Frank McLynn ...
    "[Khan's] was an extraordinary, epic story and Frank McLynn does it full justice in a vivid, page-turning biography." — The Spectator (UK)A definitive and sweeping account of the life and times of the world's greatest conqueror — Genghis Khan — and the rise of the Mongol empire in the 13th centuryCombining fast-paced accounts of battles with rich cultural background and the latest scholarship, ... Leer más

    $15.99 USD

  • The Mongol Art of War

    de Timothy May ...
    The renowned historian "combines exhaustive research and accessible prose for this . . . definitive study" of the Mongol empire's military practices ( Publishers Weekly).The armies of the Mongol empire are one of the most successful, yet least understood, military forces in history. Often viewed as screaming throngs of horsemen who conquered by sheer force of numbers, they were in fact highly ... Leer más

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