Genghis Khan and the quest for God : how the world's greatest conqueror gave us religious freedom /
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Author / Creator: | Weatherford, J. McIver, author. |
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Imprint: | New York, New York : Viking, [2016] |
Description: | xxiii, 407 pages : maps ; 24 cm |
Language: | English |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11381379 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction: The Anger of the Gods
- Becoming Temujin. The Teeth That Eat Men ; The Golden Whip of Heaven ; Wisdom of the Steppe ; Conflicting Selves
- Becoming Genghis Khan. Messenger of Light ; Jesus of the Steppe ; The Making of the Mongol Nation ; Guardians of the Flame
- Becoming the World Conqueror. Two Wings of One Bird ; God's Omnipotence ; The Thumb of Fate ; Wild Man from the Mountain ; The Confucian and the Unicorn
- Becoming a God. The Last Campaign ; War, Inside and Out ; Burning the Books ; Life After Death ; The Unfulfilled Law
- Epilogue: The Thunderbolt of God.