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The Horde

How the Mongols Changed the World

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The Horde

By: Marie Favereau
Narrated by: Anne Flosnik
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In the first comprehensive history of the Horde, Marie Favereau shows that the accomplishments of the Mongols extended far beyond war.

Favereau 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 13th and 14th 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.

The Horde 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.

©2021 Marie Favereau (P)2021 Tantor Asia Civilisation Politics & Government World War
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The story of the Mongols is fascinating and the author clearly knows her subject. But perhaps she knows it too well? The level of detail is at times mind-numbing, I gave up a little over half way through, after nodding off. Perhaps it is a book better read rather than listened to.

Great topic, too much detail.

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Comprehensive and very thorough. Marie Favereau is French but I've heard her speak English very well, possibly it would have been better if she read the book herself. There's something off with the audio quality, perhaps the raspy voice of the reader. The words can be hard to understand sometimes, even at high volume.

The only book on The Mongols you'll ever need.

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The depth of detail beyond the normal chronology. It explains why the Mongols built and maintained an empire for so long

The detail beyond just facts

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I previously had no idea about the extent of the Mongols’ reach & their influence on the world, or their tolerance for conquered peoples’ religions & customs.

I found the story hard to follow, mainly all the names & the descendants of Genghis lineage, and felt like the narrative jumped around a bit. But that may be my lack of focus. I will give this another listen sometime.

Enlightening

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