![]() Much of his focus is also on developments after the death of Genghis, particularly on Kubalai. He doesn’t do a very good job of arguing that these innovations formed the basis of the modernity, spread into the broader world, and continued into today. ![]() He convincingly argues that the Mongols spread good ideas from one region of the empire to another, and combined those ideas in novel ways. religious tolerance, meritocracy, globalization of commerce, public schooling, paper currency, among others). Is it a thesis of how the Mongol empire provided foundational technologies and practices of the modern age? Is it a biography of Genghis Khan? Is it a history of the Mongol empire? It turns out to be a haphazard mix of all three, with major shortcomings on all fronts.Īs a broader anthropological thesis about the impact of Genghis Khan, Weatherford makes a very compelling case that the Mongol empire contained some then-innovative ASPECTS of modern ideals (e.g. ![]() The book can’t quite seem to decide what it wants to be. ![]()
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