Jack Weatherford
Emperor of the Seas: Kublai Khan and the Making of China
Emperor of the Seas: Kublai Khan and the Making of China
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The Mongols controlled the most powerful navy in the world, revolutionizing world commerce and transforming tastes as far away as England and France. Emperor of the Seas brings this little-known story to life, based on ten years of research and a lifetime of immersion in Mongol culture and tradition.
Format: Hardback
Length: 368 pages
Publication date: 26 September 2024
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Astonishing.. brings to life a thriving – and rather civilized – empire -- The Telegraph
Control the sea,and you control everything...a gripping tale of naval warfare,dynastic rivalry,and technical innovation,from
the author of the classic work
Genghis Khan
and the Making of the Modern World
Genghis Khan
built a formidable land empire,but he never crossed the sea
Yet by the time his grandson Kublai Khan had defeated the last vestiges of the Song empire and established the Yuan dynasty in 1279,the Mongols controlled the most powerful navy in the world
How did a nomad come to conquer China and master the sea?
Based on ten years of research and a lifetime of immersion in Mongol culture and tradition,
Emperor of the Seas
brings this little-known story vibrantly to life
Kublai Khan is one of historys most fascinating characters
He brought Islamic mathematicians to his court,where they invented modern cartography and celestial measurement
He transformed the worlds largest land mass into a unified,diverse and economically progressive empire,introducing paper money
And,after bitter early setbacks,he transformed China into an outward looking sea-faring empire
By the end of his reign,the Chinese were building and supplying remarkable ships to transport men,grain,and weapons over vast distances,of a size and dexterity that would be inconceivable in Europe for hundreds of years
Khan had come to a brilliant realization: control the sea,and you control everything
A master storyteller with an unparalleled grasp of Mongol sources,
Jack Weatherford shows how Chinese naval hegemony changed the world forever - revolutionizing world commerce and transforming tastes as far away as England and France
Weight: 604g
Dimension: 241 x 163 x 34 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781399417730
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