Genghis Khan Sparknotes

Weatherford, J. McIver. Genghis Khan and the making of the modern world. New York: Crown, 2004.

Introduction

Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World by Jack Weatherford was published in 2004. This book was written to capture the essence that is Genghis Khan and what he achieved and what he left for his descendents to continue for him. In this book it starts off with the life of Genghis Khan and ends with how he influenced the world. The book is organized into three parts and from there is seperated into three or four chapters. Each part has a main point to cover in the life of Genghis Khan and his achievements and what they entailed.

The book also has an introduction where Weatherford goes to explain the origins of this book started with world commerce in mind and turned out to become a book on Genghis Khan and his achievements. Also in this introduction Weatherford main point it to convince the reader that the medieval world changed into the modern world because of the Mongols, and he expands on this idea in the introduction by explaining the size of the area the Mongols had conquered. Of course the first part of this book has to do with the rise of Genghis Khan and his ability to bring together the nomadic tribes of Mongolia. The second part of the book is all about the expansion of the

Genghis Khan wanted to preserve the lives of others, he did kill and torture many people but he did however once he conquered a group of people allowed them religious freedoms and allowed them to keep their lives as they were before for their loyalty. His armies were on a mission and that mission was to capture and gain as much land as possible because by 1220 the Mongols had captured about 23 different cities. Their mission also was to destroy those who did not submit and accept those who