The Mongol Empire: Genghis Khan, his heirs and the founding of modern China

by John Man

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  Endpapers (hardback edition only): The Mongol Empire at its Greatest Extent, engraved by Thierry, early nineteenth century

  Illustrations in the text

  triple-bow crossbow catapult, woodcut from Wu Ching Tsung Yao (Ming edition); Mongols transporting imperial tent, from The Book of Ser Marco Polo . . . by Henry Yule, 1903. © Ivy Close Images/Alamy; Kublai Khan’s howdah. © Corbis; 221: fire-lance containing broken porcelain, woodcut from Huo Lung Ching (Ming edition); Mongolian warriors in Japan, drawing after Moko Shurai Ekotoba (Illustrated Account of the Mongol Invasion), 1275–1293. © INTERFOTO/Alamy