Summary of Jack Weatherford’s Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World

Get the Summary of Jack Weatherford’s Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Genghis Khan was no uncivilized tyrant, despite the image his name conjures. In fact, he was a great leader of a great empire that thrived on culture, trade, tolerance, and technological advancements. In Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World (2004), cultural anthropologist Jack Weatherford traces the history of the Mongol empire, based on his own travels through the area as well as on historical accounts that had long been obscured...