Nicolas
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Bryn Hammond:
How did you find Timothy May's The Mongol Empire? I'm looking for a history of the Mongol empire that includes Genghis, as well as the breakup of the Empire into all 4 successor states, as opposed to books that seem to focus more on Kublai and the Yuan Dynasty than the other states.
Bryn Hammond
Hi Nicolas. It was a plain, sound history. Timothy May is becoming the go-to. I thought his The Mongol Conquests in World History had more interesting content in its themed chapters on 'Mongol Image', on plague, and on 'the Chinggis Exchange' (cultural and material exchange), but its history sections, though they cover all the ground you want, were condensed and less reader-friendly than The Mongol Empire.
I gave The Mongol Empire only three stars in part because of rather bad proof-reading, and because it seemed a bit hastily thrown together to me. Still, any other standard histories I can point you to are older and/or less available.
One good thing both of these books by May do is give equal time to the lesser known successor states!
Here's my review of The Mongol Conquests in World History. It might work as supplemental to The Mongol Empire.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I gave The Mongol Empire only three stars in part because of rather bad proof-reading, and because it seemed a bit hastily thrown together to me. Still, any other standard histories I can point you to are older and/or less available.
One good thing both of these books by May do is give equal time to the lesser known successor states!
Here's my review of The Mongol Conquests in World History. It might work as supplemental to The Mongol Empire.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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