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Book

Genghis Khan and the quest for God : how the world's greatest conqueror gave us religious freedom

Call Number

  • 323.442 W3626 (OSH)

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Publication Information

New York : Viking, [2016]

Physical Description

xxiii, 407 pages : maps ; 24 cm

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.

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.

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