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

By: Weatherford, JackContributor(s): Weatherford, JackMaterial type: Text

TextPublisher number: :Brijwasi Book Distributors | :H-87, Lalita Park laxmi Nagar Delhi 110092Publication details: New York, New York : Viking, :Viking, 2016Description: xxiii, 407 pages : maps ; 24 cmISBN: 9780735221178Subject(s): Political science | Civil & political rights | Genghis Khan, -- 1162-1227 -- Religion | Religion and state | Interfaith relations | Genghis Khan, -- 1162-1227 | BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Religious | BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- HistoricalDDC classification: 323.442 WEA

Contents:

Introduction: 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 -- Epilogue: The Thunderbolt of God.

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.

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Introduction: 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 --
Epilogue: The Thunderbolt of God.

"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.

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