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The Mongol storm : making and breaking empires in the medieval Near East / Nicholas Morton.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Basic Books, 2022Copyright date: ©2022Edition: First editionDescription: vii, 419 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781541616301
  • 1541616308
Subject(s):
Contents:
Rumours -- Hiatus -- Invasion -- Displaced Peoples -- Internal Wars -- The Conquered -- The Next Wave -- Intermediaries -- Stabilisation -- Trade Routes and the Balance of Power -- Challengers -- Stagnation -- Epilogue : New World Order.
Summary: "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"-- Provided by publisher
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

How the Mongol invasions of the Near East reshaped the balance of world power in the Middle Ages



For centuries, the Crusades have been central to the story of the medieval Near East, but these religious wars are only part of the region's complex history. As The Mongol Storm reveals, during the same era the Near East was utterly remade by another series of wars: the Mongol invasions.



In a single generation, the Mongols conquered vast swaths of the Near East and upended the region's geopolitics. Amid the chaos of the Mongol onslaught, long-standing powers such as the Byzantines, the Seljuk Turks, and the crusaders struggled to survive, while new players such as the Ottomans arose to fight back. The Mongol conquests forever transformed the region, while forging closer ties among societies spread across Eurasia.



This is the definitive history of the Mongol assault on the Near East and its enduring global consequences.

"Basic Books."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Rumours -- Hiatus -- Invasion -- Displaced Peoples -- Internal Wars -- The Conquered -- The Next Wave -- Intermediaries -- Stabilisation -- Trade Routes and the Balance of Power -- Challengers -- Stagnation -- Epilogue : New World Order.

"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"-- Provided by publisher

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