Kublai Khan - The Mongol King Who Remade China

Informationen zum Autor John Man is a historian and travel writer with a special interest in Mongolia. After reading German and French at Oxford he did two postgraduate courses, one in the history of science at Oxford, the other in Mongolian at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London. John has written acclaimed and highly successful biographies of Genghis Khan, Attila the Hun and Kublai Khan as well as Alpha Beta, on the history of the alphabet, and The Gutenberg Revolution, on the invention of printing. Klappentext The authoritative biography of the greatest Mongol warlord, from the author of "Genghis Khan" and "Attila". He inherited the second largest land empire in history from his grandfather, Genghis Khan, and was the man who remade China. Zusammenfassung Using China's great wealth, coupled with his shrewd and subtle government, he created an empire that was the greatest since the fall of Rome, and shaped the modern world as we know it today.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: John Man
• Editore: Bantam UK
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.03.2007
• EAN: 9780553817188
• ISBN: 978-0-553-81718-8
• Pagine: 442
• Dimensioni: 127 mm x 199 mm x 29 mm
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Military, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political, HISTORY / Asia / General, CE period up to c 1500, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Asian History, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, Biography: historical, political and military, Mongol Empire / Mongol Hordes / Khanates