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IN THE SERVICE OF THE KHAN KARTONIERT (TB)

In the Service of the Khan concerns the making of an empire that was to stretch from the Dnestr
to the Sea of Japan and whose influence shaped the destiny of Europe and most of Asia. The
two-volume collection contains biographical essays on some fifty leading figures in China 
Mongolia and Central Asia who  in various capacities  contributed to building and administering
this empire in the 13th century. They include army generals  religious leaders  statesmen and
men of letters. The focus is primarily on China  from the beginning of the Mongol conquest
under Genghis Khan to the end of Khubilai's reign. The essays  written by a team of specialists
using many hitherto untapped sources  throw light on the political  social and economic history
of the period as well as on religious beliefs  intellectual trends and scientific achievements.
They provide a means of assessing the profound changes brought about by the collapse and
reshaping both of urban mediaeval Chinese society and tribal steppe societies. Furthermore  in
its overview of a largely ignored yet critical event in the history of mankind  this work
offers a rare insight into the comportment of a diversity of remarkable people caught up in
circumstances which  in many respects  strikingly mirror the upheavals and uncertainties of our
own times. ISBN Part 1: 978-3-447-06948-9

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