Nicholas Morton: The Mongol Storm: Making and Breaking Empires in the Medieval Near East [2022] paperback Condition:New 'A hypnotic disappearing act' OBSERVER

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Nicholas Morton: The Mongol Storm: Making and Breaking Empires in the Medieval Near East [2022] paperback Condition:New 'A hypnotic disappearing act' OBSERVERThe Mongols have long been viewed in the West as violent barbarians who plundered and wrecked the societies they invaded. But in fact the Mongol Empire was highly sophisticated, and through their conquests they built a new world order. Within the space of a single generation, they swept across the Middle East, tied Europe and Asia together through trade, and completely reshaped global geopolitics. The Mongol Storm tells the story of the Mongols and