Author: Robert Marshall
Publisher: University of California Press
Keywords: khan, khubilai, ghengis, east, storm
Number of Pages: 260
Published: 1993-05-26
ISBN-10: 0520083008
ISBN-13: 9780520083004

Traces the history of the Mongol Empire under Genghis Khan and his descendants, describes their military successes, and discusses the Mongol influence on Europe

Author: Giovanni (da Pian del Carpine, Archbishop of Antiv
Publisher: Branden Books
Keywords: carpini, plano, giovanni, account, embassy, khan, mongol, court, friar, appellamus, historia, tartars, mongols, mongalorum, quo, tartaros, nos, story
Number of Pages: 136
Published: 1996
ISBN-10: 0828320179
ISBN-13: 9780828320177

Except for Marco Polo (whose book entitled, The Million, meaning a million lies about a fabulous China), Europeans knew very little about China. When the Mongols pushed out of China in their conquests to the west, suddenly the Europeans were faced with a veritable threat. In 1241, Mongols had killed more than 100,000 knights and soldiers in Russia, Poland and Hungary. In addition, the invaders laid waste to the land like no other force in history. Pope Gregory IX, understanding too well the threat of doom, was helpless because Europe knew nothing about those invaders; worse, there was no stand