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    <body><![CDATA[A very interesting examination of the life of Genghis Khan and the empire he created.  The book starts with Genghis's early life, his uniting the Mongol tribes and his military successes.   What was most interesting was that Genghis Khan's ideas, both for his tactics, his military organization, and ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18051904">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[We all have the stereotype of Genghis Kahn being a bloodthirsty murderer and killing millions of people and then piling their heads up into giant piles. BUT - this isn't the case. Yes it's true that he was responsible for killing a lot of people, but his empire was one of the first to have free reli...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4363713">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a well written, nicely flowing work. The author, Jack Weatherford, traces the life and time of Genghis Khan, born as Temujin, and his descendants. He notes the impact of the plague on the Mongols and how that plague spread, to some extent by the Mongols. And he makes the claim that the Mongo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64980778">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A well-researched biography of Genghis Khan that in a relatively quick and compelling narrative tells the tale of the greatest rags to riches story in history (I say that without a bit of hyperbole.)<br/>Weatherford makes a strong case for Khan's role in shaping the modern world, ranging from estab...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53940680">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a sensational read. Mr. Weatherford is a gifted historian/storyteller. He makes a convincing case for reanalyzing the role Genghis Khan and the Mongolian empire that followed him played in subsequent regional and global trends in trade, art, architecture and war. I didn't realize that the Mo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/63482185">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is an excellent book. The author has an amazing way of giving detail, but still allowing for the story to come forth. An excellent book for those who want to read about that time in history and the events of Genghis Khan and his family. It shoots down those who infer that everything about the M...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1282499">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Another stimulating book by Jack Weatherford, a professor of anthropology at Macalester College in Minnesota.  Published in 2004, its more recent than Indian Givers.  Debunks the generally held view that Genghis Khan was a ruthless, blood thirsty savage; instead, recently uncovered data documents a ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57316123">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I love reading about the history.  It is different from a textbook and there is new info into the mongol leader in this book.  They have found &quot;The Secret History&quot; of him and have translated it the best they can.  Reading the introduction was worth the money I paid for it.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book had some very interesting and argumentative views about the normal view of the Mongols.  But the author goes way overboard on his biased account of the mongols.  Most of the information he uses to support his book comes from one source called The Secret History and in the introduction he e...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68398679">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[   This was a fascinating book, but I agree with my friend and historian Larry who notes it paints a rosy picture of the Mongols.  In fact they were brutal conquerors who believed in stomping people to death as punishment for crimes, both major and minor.  The Mongols under Genghis Khan conquered an...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/55928119">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Great book- Weatherford makes history intriguing and relevant.  I found that the book became more interesting with every chapter that went by.  The Mongol Empire during Khubilai Khan's reign was even more fascinating to read about that Genghis's conquests and formation of the empire.  The last two c...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68829155">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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