Genghis Khan and the quest for God : how the world's greatest conqueror gave us religious freedom

Weatherford, Jack 1946- (author.).

Summary: "Reveals how Genghis Khan harnessed the power of religion to rule the largest empire the world has ever known. By the New York Times best-selling author of Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World,"--NoveList.

Item details

ISBN: 9780735221154
ISBN: 0735221154
ISBN: 9780735221161
Physical Description: print
xxiii, 407 pages : maps ; 24 cm
Publisher: New York, New York : Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2016]

Contents / Notes

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-397) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

The anger of the gods -- Becoming Temujin. The teeth that eat men ; The golden whip of heaven ; Wisdom of the steppe ; Conflicting selves -- Becoming Genghis Khan. Messenger of light ; Jesus of the steppe ; The making of the Mongol nation ; Guardians of the flame -- Becoming the world conqueror. Two wings of one bird ; God's omnipotence ; The thumb of fate ; Wild man from the mountain ; The Confucian and the unicorn -- Becoming a god. The last campaign ; War, inside and out ; Burning the books ; Life after death ; The unfulfilled law -- The thunderbolt of God.