Genghis Khan

Blackwell Publishing

1991

xvii, 313 p.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [286]-299) and index.

9780631167853

1. The origins and boyhood years of Genghis Khan (Temuchin) -- Homeland and ancestry -- Temuchin's birth -- Temuchin's youth -- The murder of Bekhter -- Temuchin in Tayichi'ut captivity -- Horse rustling -- Temuchin seeks a protector -- The Merkit attack -- The break between Temuchin and Jamuka -- The road to power -- 2. Rise to supremacy on the Steppe -- Temuchin's election as khan -- The struggle between Temuchin and Jamuka -- The quarrel with the Jurkin -- A gap in Temuchin's life history? -- Toghrul flees to Kara-Khitai -- The attack on the Tartars -- The struggle against Sacha-beki -- The battle with Buiruk-khan -- The election of Jamuka as Gurkhan -- The extermination of the Tartars -- The breach in the alliance between Temuchin and Wang-khan -- Temuchin's messages to his opponents -- The end of the Kerait empire -- War against Naimans -- Jamuka's end -- 3. Genghis Khan, ruler of the Mongol empire -- The Khuriltai of 1206 -- The shaman and the emperor -- The consolidation of the empire -- War with the Tanguts -- The war in China -- The expedition against Kuchlug -- War with Sultan Muhammad of Khwarazm -- The world conqueror and the Taoist monk -- The death of Jochi -- The return to Mongolia -- Genghis Khan's last campaign -- The death and burial of Genghis Khan -- 4. Personality and achievements -- The man -- The conquests -- 5. The structure of the Mongol world empire -- The administration of the empire -- Genghis Khan's legislation -- Genghis Khan's religious policies -- The legacy of Genghis Khan.

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