By the mid-fourteenth century, the world empire founded by Genghis Khan was in crisis. The Mongol Ilkhanate had ended in Iran and Iraq, China’s Mongol rulers were threatened by the native Ming, and the Golden Horde and the Central Asian Mongols were prey to internal discord. Into this void moved the warlord Tamerlane, the last major conqueror to emerge from Inner Asia. In this...(展开全部)

By the mid-fourteenth century, the world empire founded by Genghis Khan was in crisis. The Mongol Ilkhanate had ended in Iran and Iraq, China’s Mongol rulers were threatened by the native Ming, and the Golden Horde and the Central Asian Mongols were prey to internal discord. Into this void moved the warlord Tamerlane, the last major conqueror to emerge from Inner Asia. In this...(展开全部)

出生於愛爾蘭，成長於加拿大，足跡遍及亞洲與非洲偏遠地區。定期為《週日時報》和《每日電訊報》撰文，三度獲頒年度旅行作家獎。作品包括記載追溯尼羅河源頭之旅的《尼羅河魔鬼》（Old Serpent Nile），及經由絲路橫越中國的旅程故事《天堂的邊境》（Frontiers of Heaven）。史都華是極少數兩度榮獲湯瑪士．庫克∕每日電訊報旅行文學獎的作家，得獎作品為《天堂的邊境》和《馬背上的游牧國度》。史都華為英國皇家文學協會會員，現居倫敦。

The Mongol queens of the thirteenth century ruled the largest empire the world has ever known. Yet sometime near the end of the century, censors cut a section from The Secret History of the Mongols, leaving a single tantalizing quote from Genghis Khan: “Let us reward our female offspring.” Only this hint of a father’s legacy for his daughters remained of a much larger story. Th...(展开全部)

The Mongol army led by Genghis Khan subjugated more lands and people in twenty-?ve years than the Romans did in four hundred. In nearly every country the Mongols conquered, they brought an unprecedented rise in cultural communication, expanded trade, and a blossoming of civilization. Vastly more progressive than his European or Asian counterparts, Genghis Khan abolished torture...(展开全部)