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The Horde
- How the Mongols Changed the World
- Narrated by: Anne Flosnik
- Length: 12 hrs and 8 mins
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The Horde
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Publisher's Summary
In the first comprehensive history of the Horde, Marie Favereau shows that the accomplishments of the Mongols extended far beyond war.
Favereau takes us inside one of the most powerful sources of cross-border integration in world history. The Horde was the central node in the Eurasian commercial boom of the 13th and 14th centuries and was a conduit for exchanges across thousands of miles. Its unique political regime - a complex power-sharing arrangement among the khan and the nobility - rewarded skillful administrators and diplomats and fostered an economic order that was mobile, organized, and innovative. From its capital at Sarai on the lower Volga River, the Horde provided a governance model for Russia, influenced social practice and state structure across Islamic cultures, disseminated sophisticated theories about the natural world, and introduced novel ideas of religious tolerance.
The Horde is the eloquent, ambitious, and definitive portrait of an empire little understood and too readily dismissed. Challenging conceptions of nomads as peripheral to history, Favereau makes clear that we live in a world inherited from the Mongol moment.
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- Rob Byrne
- 21-12-2023
Great topic, too much detail.
The story of the Mongols is fascinating and the author clearly knows her subject. But perhaps she knows it too well? The level of detail is at times mind-numbing, I gave up a little over half way through, after nodding off. Perhaps it is a book better read rather than listened to.
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- Steve Ravencroft
- 05-01-2024
The only book on The Mongols you'll ever need.
Comprehensive and very thorough. Marie Favereau is French but I've heard her speak English very well, possibly it would have been better if she read the book herself. There's something off with the audio quality, perhaps the raspy voice of the reader. The words can be hard to understand sometimes, even at high volume.
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