In this magisterial study, complemented by detailed charts and maps, Hodgson traces and interprets the historical development of Islamic civilization from before the birth of Muhammad to the middle of the twelfth century. "This is a nonpareil work, not only because of its command of its subject but also because it demonstrates how, ideally, history should be written."--"The New...(展开全部)

勒内·格鲁塞（René Grousset，1885年－1952年1885年生于加尔省Aubais，1952年逝于巴黎），法国历史学家，以研究中亚和远东著名。其代表作为《草原帝国》（L'Empire des Steppes）。 格鲁塞毕业于蒙彼利埃大学历史系。其后长期就职于法国美术部，一战时曾短暂从军。1925年出任吉美国立亚洲艺术博物馆助理监管人及杂志 Asiatique 的秘书。1933年任塞努奇博物馆馆长及其亚洲艺术藏品的负责人。在二战前，发表了他最重要的两篇著作：《十字军东征史》Histoire des Croisades（1934-36年）和《草原帝国》 L'Empire des Steppes （1939年）。二战期间，他被维希法国政府解职，但仍秘密继续研究工作，在战争期间出版了三本有关中国和蒙古的作品。战后，他被重新任命为塞努奇博物馆馆长...(展开全部)

勒内·格鲁塞（René Grousset，1885年－1952年1885年生于加尔省Aubais，1952年逝于巴黎），法国历史学家，以研究中亚和远东著名。其代表作为《草原帝国》（L'Empire des Steppes）。 格鲁塞毕业于蒙彼利埃大学历史系。其后长期就职于法国美术部，一战时曾短暂从军。1925年出任吉美国立亚洲艺术博物馆助理监管人及杂志 Asiatique 的秘书。1933年任塞努奇博物馆馆长及其亚洲艺术藏品的负责人。在二战前，发表了他最重要的两篇著作：《十字军东征史》Histoire des Croisades（1934-36年）和《草原帝国》 L'Empire des Steppes （1939年）。二战期间，他被维希法国政府解职，但仍秘密继续研究工作，在战争期间出版了三本有关中国和蒙古的作品。战后，他被重新任命为塞努奇博物馆馆长...(展开全部)

作者 米夏埃尔·比尔冈，毕业于康涅狄格大学，Weekly Reader杂志编辑，自由撰稿人。著有Buddhist Faith in America、Cold War, Colonial and Revolutionary Times等作品。 译者 温海清，复旦大学历史系 副教授，主要研究方向为蒙元史。 历史顾问 艾骛德（Christopher P. Atwood），美国印第安纳大学中央欧亚研究系系主任、教授，主要研究方向为蒙古史。艾骛德教授是美国享有国际声誉的第一流蒙古学专家，曾因学术贡献获得蒙古国北极星勋章。

This volume centres on the history and legacy of the Mongol World Empire founded by Chinggis Khan and his sons, including its impact upon the modern world. An international team of scholars examines the political and cultural history of the Mongol empire, its Chinggisid successor states, and the non-Chinggisid dynasties that came to dominate Inner Asia in its wake. Geographical...(展开全部)

This volume centres on the history and legacy of the Mongol World Empire founded by Chinggis Khan and his sons, including its impact upon the modern world. An international team of scholars examines the political and cultural history of the Mongol empire, its Chinggisid successor states, and the non-Chinggisid dynasties that came to dominate Inner Asia in its wake. Geographical...(展开全部)

Timur (or Tamerlane) is famous as the fourteenth-century conqueror of much of Central Eurasia and the founder of the Timurid dynasty. His reputation lived on in his native lands and reappeared some three centuries after his death in the form of fictional biographies, authored anonymously in Persian and Turkic. These biographies have become part of popular culture. Despite a dir...(展开全部)

Timur (or Tamerlane) is famous as the fourteenth-century conqueror of much of Central Eurasia and the founder of the Timurid dynasty. His reputation lived on in his native lands and reappeared some three centuries after his death in the form of fictional biographies, authored anonymously in Persian and Turkic. These biographies have become part of popular culture. Despite a dir...(展开全部)

"The Venture of Islam" has been honored as a magisterial work of the mind since its publication in early 1975. In this three-volume study, illustrated with charts and maps, Hodgson traces and interprets the historical development of Islamic civilization from before the birth of Muhammad to the middle of the twentieth century. This work grew out of the famous course on Islamic c...(展开全部)