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Genghis Khan and the Quest for God: How the World's Greatest Conqueror Gave Us Religious Freedom
By Weatherford, Jack
- ISBN
- 9780735221154 9780735221161
- Publisher
- Viking
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Reviewed on September 1, 2016 | Social Sciences
With this latest work, Weatherford (Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World) exhaustively explores the nontraditional philosophy of Genghis Khan (1162–1227). Instead of instituting a more traditional ruler-sanctioned model, Khan allowed his conquered subjects (nomadic tribes in Central Asia and the Caucasus) the freedom to continue practicing their own religion. This is a truly disti...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
