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Jacob Abbott Genghis Khan

Biografie/Autobiografie
Englisch
64779 Wörter
Keine Altersempfehlung
190
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Genghis Khan was the founder and Great Khan (emperor) of the Mongol Empire, which became the largest contiguous empire in history after his demise. He came to power by uniting many of the nomadic tribes of northeast Asia. After founding the Mongol Empire and being proclaimed "Genghis Khan," he started the Mongol invasions that resulted in the conquest of most of Eurasia. These included raids or invasions of the Kara-Khitan Khanate, Caucasus, Khwarezmid Empire, Western Xia and Jin dynasties. These campaigns were often accompanied by wholesale massacres of the civilian populations – especially in the Khwarezmian controlled lands. By the end of his life, the Mongol Empire occupied a substantial portion of Central Asia and China. Beyond his military accomplishments, Genghis Khan also advanced the Mongol Empire in other ways. He decreed the adoption of the Uyghur script as the Mongol Empire's writing system. He also promoted religious tolerance in the Mongol Empire, and created a unified empire from the nomadic tribes of northeast Asia. Present-day Mongolians regard him as the founding father of Mongolia. Genghis Khan is also credited with bringing the Silk Road under one cohesive political environment. This increased communication and trade from Northeast Asia to Muslim Southwest Asia and Christian Europe, thus expanding the horizons of all three cultural areas. Historians have noted that Genghis Khan instituted meritocracy, and encouraged religious tolerance. [mehr]

Stichwörter: genghis khan, biography, jacob abbott, military history, war and warfare, the mongol empire, asian history, bio

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Sun Tzu The Art of War

Kunst
Englisch
40241 Wörter
Ab 18 Jahren
7
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Sun Tzu (also rendered as Sun Zi) was a Chinese military general, strategist and philosopher who lived in the Spring and Autumn Period of ancient China. The name he is best known by is actually an honorific which means "Master Sun": His birth name was Sun Wu and he was known outside of his family by his courtesy name Changqing. He is traditionally credited as the author of The Art of War, an extremely influential ancient Chinese book on military strategy. Sun Tzu has had a significant impact on Chinese and Asian history and culture, both as the author of The Art of War and as a legendary historical figure. [mehr]

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Elena Scully Asian blues

Musik
Englisch
1034 Wörter
Ab 12 Jahren
36
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The songbook of a Tibetan Canadian who has betrayed and depressed, though sone other emotions are in there. [mehr]

Stichwörter: song writing, songs, lyrics, music, pormbook, poems, tibetan girl, poembook, depression, life, sadness, human rights

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Forest Ostrander Constelation History

Look to the stars and tell me what you see

Bildung
Englisch
6861 Wörter
Keine Altersempfehlung
651
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This book contains all of the constelatlions and some if not all of the stories behind the constellations. [mehr]

Stichwörter: Pictures, Stars, Stories

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Charlotte M Yonge To History

A Story Of The Captivity Of Mary Of Scotland

Belletristik
Englisch
167128 Wörter
Ab 18 Jahren
2
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Charlotte Mary Yonge (11 August 1823 – 24 May 1901) was an English novelist known for her huge [mehr]

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Ben Essex Living History

Belletristik
Englisch
30949 Wörter
Ab 18 Jahren
2
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Around me, windows rattle. The floor is shaking- the whole world's falling to pieces. I'm on a broken [mehr]

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Dubnow S. M. Jewish History

Belletristik
Englisch
28094 Wörter
Ab 18 Jahren
2
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Simon Dubnow (alternatively spelled Dubnov, Russian: Семён Ма́ркович Ду́бнов, tr. Semyon Markovich Dubnov; IPA: [sʲɪˈmʲɵn ˈmarkəvʲɪtɕ ˈdubnəf];Yiddish: שמעון דובנאָװ, [mehr]

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