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Informationen zum Autor John Morgan Mullen owns a real estate development and consulting company specializing in urban infill, adaptive reuse, historic renovations, and community development properties. Morgan has played a major role in the warehouse loft conversion boom and gentrification of many Chicago neighborhoods valued at over $600 million. Morgan attended Michigan State University, where he earned a BA in communication arts. He was a quarterback for Michigan State University on two National Championship teams in 1965 and 1966. Morgan credits athletics for honing and developing his dedication to hard work, leadership, teamwork, developing a game plan, and knowing your opponent's strengths and weaknesses as well as your own.Married to his college sweetheart Jill for forty-eight years, Morgan has two children, Todd and Stephanie. He and Jill are grandparents to Jake, Brennan, and Hailey.More information on Morgan's professional life is available at www. morgangroupdev.com. Klappentext The revised second edition of this highly praised introduction to the Mongol Empire takes account of recent scholarship in the field. Provides an overview of the government, religion, and politics of the Mongolian Empire Considers the effects of Mongol military campaigns on other countries and peoples in China, Russia, Persia and Europe Assesses the astonishing military career of Chingiz (Genghis) Khan Now includes a new epilogue assessing the contribution of recent scholarship to our understanding of the Mongols' history Well-illustrated by maps and photographs throughout Zusammenfassung * A revised edition of this highly praised introduction to the Mongol Empire. * Provides an overview of the government! religion! and politics of the Mongolian Empire. * Considers the effects of Mongol military campaigns on other countries and peoples in China! Russia! Persia and Europe. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Maps and Illustrations. Preface to the Second Edition. Preface to the Paperback Edition. Preface to the First Edition. Maps. Introduction. 1. The Study of Mongol History. The Secret History of the Mongols. Chinese Sources. Persian Sources. European Sources. Modern Studies. 2. Nomads of the Steppe: Asia before Chingiz Kh¿n. Steppe Society. Mongol Religious Beliefs. The Mongols' Steppe Predecessors. Asia at the Beginning of the Thirteenth Century. 3. Chingiz Kh¿n and the Founding of the Mongol Empire. Chingiz Kh¿n's Rise to Power. Chingiz Kh¿n's Campaigns of Conquest. The Effects of the Mongol Conquests. 4. Nature and Institutions of the Mongol Empire. The Mongol Army. Law. Taxation. Communications. The Mongol Approach to Government. 5. The Mongols in China. Chingiz Kh¿n's Successors. The Reign of Qubilai. The Mongols and Buddhism. Mongol Rule in China. The Decline of Yüan Power. 6. Expansion to the West: The Mongols in Russia and Persia. The Invasion of Russia and Eastern Europe. The Golden Horde. The Mongols and the Middle East. Hülegü's Expedition. The ¿lkh¿ns of Persia. Ghazan and Reform. The Last ¿lkh¿ns. 7. The Mongols and Europe. Europe and Asia. The First Direct Contacts. The ¿lkh¿ns and Western Christendom. Eastern Images of Europe. The Mongol Legacy. 8. What Became of the Mongols?. 9. The Mongol Empire since 1985. Sources. Studies. References. Supplementary Bibliography. Chronology of Events. Dynastic Tables. The Great Kh¿ns. Yüan Emperors of China. Kh¿ns of the Golden Horde. ¿lkh¿ns of Persia.
