Thomas J Craughwell

How Genghis Khan and the Mongols conquered nearly one-sixth of the planet. Emerging out of the vast steppes of Central Asia in the early 1200s, the Mongols, under their ferocious leader, Genghis Khan, quickly carved out an empire that by the late thirteenth century covered almost one-sixth of the Earth's landmass-from Eastern Europe to the eastern shore of Asia-and encompassed 110 million people. Far larger than the much more famous domains of Alexander...