An Age Of Empires, 1200-1750 (THE MEDIEVAL AND EARLY MODERN WORLD.)

By Marjorie Wall Bingham

An Age of Empires includes some of the most colorful, ruthless, and restless figures in all of history. During this time, Genghis Khan told his troops to "fall upon the enemy like falcons"; Ivan the Terrible expelled Mongol invaders from Russia, but murdered his own son in a fit of rage; and Babur the Tiger ruled India, combining ferocity on the battlefield with a love of poetry. It is a story of extremes: Muslim Turks tolerated Jews and Christians within their own empire, while attacking Christian cities in Europe. Lithuanian society was remarkably open, granting women the right to own property and decide their religious beliefs, while Spanish and Portuguese colonizers enslaved Native Americans and Africans in Peru and Angola.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195222687
• ISBN13: 9780195222685
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Oxford Univ Pr
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.