The history of the Mongol conquests is a catalogue of superlatives. No army in the world has ever conquered so much territory, and few armies have provoked such

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"By far the best modern narrative account of the most extensive land empire in the history of the world."—David Morgan, author of The Mongols

The Mongol Empire can be seen as marking the beginning of the modern age, and of globalization as well. While communications between the extremes of Eurasia exi