Genghis Khan, the emperor of all men

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CONTENTS Foreword THE MYSTERY 11 Part I I. THE DESERT 18 II. THE STRUGGLE TO LIVE 25 III. THE BATTLE OF THE CARTS 35 IV. TEMUJIN AND THE TORRENTS 45 V. WHEN THE STANDARD STOOD ON GUPTA 55 VI. PRESTER JOHN DIES 65 VII. THE YASSA 73 Part II VIII. CATHAY 81 IX. THE GOLDEN EMPEROR 90 X. THE RETURN OF THE MONGOLS 98 XI. KARAKORUM 104 Part III XII. THE SWORD-ARM OF ISLAM 113 XIII. THE MARCH WESTWARD 122 XIV. THE FIRST CAMPAIGN 129 XV. BOKHARA 136 XVI. THE RIDE OF THE ORKHONS 146 XVII. GENGHIS KHAN GOES HUNTING 154 XVIII. THE GOLDEN THRONE OF TULI 162 XIX. THE ROAD MAKERS 170 XX. THE BATTLE ON THE INDUS 180 XXI. THE COURT OF THE PALADINS 188 XXII. THE END OF THE TASK 192 Part IV AFTERWORD 198 Notes I. THE MASSACRES 209 II. PRESTER JOHN OF ASIA 212 III. THE LAWS OF GENGHIS KHAN 216 IV. THE NUMERICAL STRENGTH OF THE MONGOL HORDE 218 V. THE MONGOL PLAN OF INVASION 221 VI. THE MONGOLS AND GUNPOWDER 224 VII. THE CONJURERS AND THE CROSS 226 VIII. SUBOTAI BAHADUR V. MIDDLE EUROPE 234 IX. WHAT EUROPE THOUGHT OF THE MONGOLS 236 X. CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN MONARCHS AND THE MONGOLS 239 XI. THE TOMB OF GENGHIS KHAN 243 XII. YE LIU CHU TSAI, SAGE OF CATHAY 245 XIII. OGO TAI AND HIS TREASURE 248 XIV. THE LAST COURT OF THE NOMADS 252 XV. THE GRANDSON OF GENGHIS KHAN IN THE HOLY LAND 265 BIBLIOGRAPHY 267 INDEX 277 ILLUSTRATIONS GENGHIS KHAN Frontispiece ARCHERY PRACTICE 36 A CHINESE WAR CHARIOT 40 SHAMAN TEBTENGRI, THE MONGOL WIZARD 52 MAP OF EASTERN ASIA AT THE END OF THE TWELFTH CENTURY 56 MAP OF THE KHARESMIAN EMPIRE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE XIII CENTURY 58 THE CHINESE EMPEROR K’EN LUNG VISITING THE TOMB OF HIS ANCESTORS 98 GENGHIS KHAN’S CAVALRY AFTER A VICTORIOUS RAID IN CENTRAL ASIA 102 A FORMAL AUDIENCE AT KARAKORUM 106 A BATTLE SCENE 132 HUNTING SCENE IN THE KHARESMIA REGION 156 A PERSIAN HUNTING SCENE 188 GHAZAN, THE IL-KHAN OF PERSIA 204

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