The History of the Mongol Conquests
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: February 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9780812217667
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history: c 500 to c 1500; War & defence operations; Mongols; History: World; History - General History; Mongol Empire; Asia - General; History / Asia; History, Military; Medieval; Military - General; History
First sentence: The geography of the vast continent of Asia may be said to fall into four divisions: (1) the taiga or northern forest; (2) the steppe or treeless pasture; (3) the desert; and (4) the river valleys of the south (Hwang-ho and Yang-tse, Ganges and Indus, Euphrates and Tigris), on whose rich alluvial soil the great civilizations (Chinese, Hindu, Sumer-Babylonian) have arisen.