During the thirteenth century, the Mongols created the greatest empire in human history. Genghis Khan and his successors brought death and destruction to Eurasia. They obliterated infrastructure, devastated cities, and exterminated peoples. They also created courts in China, Persia, and southern Russia, famed throughout the world as centers of wealth, learning, power, religion,...(展开全部)

卜正民（Timothy Brook），1951年生，享誉世界汉学界的史学大家，师从孔飞力教授，毕业于美国哈佛大学，历任多伦多大学、斯坦福大学等校教授，英国牛津大学邵氏汉学教授，美国亚洲学会前任会长。现为加拿大英属哥伦比亚大学圣约翰学院历史系教授，兼圣约翰神学院院长。学术视野广阔，主要从事亚洲历史和文化的研究，研究领域涉及明代社会和文化史、“二战”时期日本在中国的占领等。 主编六卷本“哈佛中国史”丛书，并撰写其中第5卷《挣扎的帝国：元与明》，首次从气候这一环境史的新视角解读元明两大帝国的兴衰，呈现出第一个连贯的生态历史。 已翻译为中文的作品多达十几种，在海峡两岸拥有庞大的读者群。其他主要代表作品有：《秩序的沦陷》、《杀千刀》、《纵乐的困惑》、《明代的国家与社会》、《维梅尔的帽子》等。其中，《纵乐的困惑》获得2000年美国“列文森中国研究最佳著作奖”，《...(展开全部)

卜正民（Timothy Brook），1951年生，享誉世界汉学界的史学大家，师从孔飞力教授，毕业于美国哈佛大学，历任多伦多大学、斯坦福大学等校教授，英国牛津大学邵氏汉学教授，美国亚洲学会前任会长。现为加拿大英属哥伦比亚大学圣约翰学院历史系教授，兼圣约翰神学院院长。学术视野广阔，主要从事亚洲历史和文化的研究，研究领域涉及明代社会和文化史、“二战”时期日本在中国的占领等。 主编六卷本“哈佛中国史”丛书，并撰写其中第5卷《挣扎的帝国：元与明》，首次从气候这一环境史的新视角解读元明两大帝国的兴衰，呈现出第一个连贯的生态历史。 已翻译为中文的作品多达十几种，在海峡两岸拥有庞大的读者群。其他主要代表作品有：《秩序的沦陷》、《杀千刀》、《纵乐的困惑》、《明代的国家与社会》、《维梅尔的帽子》等。其中，《纵乐的困惑》获得2000年美国“列文森中国研究最佳著作奖”，《...(展开全部)

How did women contribute to the rise of the Mongol Empire while Mongol men were conquering Eurasia? This book positions women in their rightful place in the otherwise well-known story of Chinggis Khan (commonly known as Genghis Khan) and his conquests and empire. Examining the best known women of Mongol society, such as Chinggis Khan's mother, Hö'elün, and senior wife, Börte, a...(展开全部)

How did women contribute to the rise of the Mongol Empire while Mongol men were conquering Eurasia? This book positions women in their rightful place in the otherwise well-known story of Chinggis Khan (commonly known as Genghis Khan) and his conquests and empire. Examining the best known women of Mongol society, such as Chinggis Khan's mother, Hö'elün, and senior wife, Börte, a...(展开全部)

In the thirteenth century, the Mongols created a vast transcontinental empire that functioned as a cultural 'clearing house' for the Old World. Under Mongol auspices various commodities, ideologies and technologies were disseminated across Eurasia. The focus of this path-breaking study is the extensive exchanges between Iran and China. The Mongol rulers of these two ancient civ...(展开全部)

In the thirteenth century, the Mongols created a vast transcontinental empire that functioned as a cultural 'clearing house' for the Old World. Under Mongol auspices various commodities, ideologies and technologies were disseminated across Eurasia. The focus of this path-breaking study is the extensive exchanges between Iran and China. The Mongol rulers of these two ancient civ...(展开全部)

In the thirteenth century, the Mongols created a vast transcontinental empire that functioned as a cultural 'clearing house' for the Old World. Under Mongol auspices various commodities, ideologies and technologies were disseminated across Eurasia. The focus of this path-breaking study is the extensive exchanges between Iran and China. The Mongol rulers of these two ancient civ...(展开全部)