{"product_id":"the-horde-how-the-mongols-changed-the-world-9780674244214","title":"The Horde: How the Mongols Changed the World","description":"\u003cp\u003e2021 Cundill History Prize Finalist A Financial Times Best Book of the Year A Spectator Best Book of the Year A Five Books Best Book of the Year  Outstanding  original  and revolutionary. Favereau subjects the Mongols to a much-needed re-evaluation  showing how they were able not only to conquer but to control a vast empire. A remarkable book. Peter Frankopan  author of The Silk Roads  The Mongols are widely known for one thing: conquest. In the first comprehensive history of the Horde  the western portion of the Mongol empire that arose after the death of Chinggis Khan  Marie Favereau shows that the accomplishments of the Mongols extended far beyond war. For three hundred years  the Horde was no less a force in global development than Rome had been. It left behind a profound legacy in Europe  Russia  Central Asia  and the Middle East  palpable to this day.  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 thirteenth and fourteenth centuries and was a conduit for exchanges across thousands of miles. Its unique political regimea complex power-sharing arrangement among the khan and the nobilityrewarded 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45666170896437,"sku":"ByrdShop_0674244214","price":23.87,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780674244214.jpg?v=1782421537","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-horde-how-the-mongols-changed-the-world-9780674244214","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}