A History of the Mongols

By Elias Marlowe

Venture beyond the familiar saga of Genghis Khan and the thundering hooves of his conquering armies. This sweeping history tells the epic, and often overlooked, story of the Mongol people, from their ancient origins on the vast Eurasian steppe to their complex identity in the twenty-first century. While it delves into the brilliant strategy and brutal conquests that forged the largest contiguous land empire in history, its scope is far broader. Explore the revolutionary military and political systems that underpinned the Pax Mongolica, a period of unprecedented peace that connected East and West, but also witness the dramatic fracturing of that empire into the warring khanates of the Yuan Dynasty, the Golden Horde, the Ilkhanate, and the Chagatai Khanate.

As the great empire recedes into the past, the narrative traces the divergent paths of the Mongol peoples through centuries of change and adaptation. Witness their profound cultural and spiritual transformation through the wholesale conversion to Tibetan Buddhism, a faith that would redefine their civilization. Follow the splintering of the Mongol groups as they fall under the dominion of the sprawling Russian and Qing empires, learning the distinct histories of the Buryats of Siberia, the epic migration of the Kalmyks to the edge of Europe, and the integration of the Inner Mongols into the Manchu banner system.

The turbulent twentieth century brings new divisions and struggles, from the birth of modern, independent Mongolia to the complex fate of Mongols in modern China and Russia. Finally, this history arrives in the present day, exploring what it means to be Mongol in a globalized world. From the bustling capital of Ulaanbaatar to the grasslands of Inner Mongolia and the republics of the Russian Federation, this is the complete and compelling story of a people's extraordinary resilience, survival, and enduring spirit across the vast sweep of time.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FDQXM4YS
• ISBN13: 9798288628290
• Release Date: June 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 154 Pages
• Weight: 0.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"