{"product_id":"the-horde-how-the-mongols-changed-the-world-9780674244214","title":"The Horde: How the Mongols Changed the World","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2021 Cundill History Prize Finalist\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of the Year\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eSpectator\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of the Year\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eFive Books\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of the Year \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"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.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Peter Frankopan, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Silk Roads\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFavereau 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 regime--a complex power-sharing arrangement among the khan and the nobility--rewarded 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Horde\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFavereau, Marie:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Marie Favereau is Associate Professor of History at Paris Nanterre University. She has been a member of the French Institute of Oriental Archaeology, a visiting scholar at the Institute for Advanced Study, and a research associate at Oxford University for the major project Nomadic Empires. Her books include \u003ci\u003eLa Horde d'Or et le sultanat mamelouk\u003c\/i\u003e and the graphic novel \u003ci\u003eGengis Khan\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"Belknap Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50646966927634,"sku":"9780674244214","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_291d55c0-eab9-4c75-8bb2-96dc14033abd.jpg?v=1733191124","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-horde-how-the-mongols-changed-the-world-9780674244214","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}