Empire's Twilight: Northeast Asia Under the Mongols

by David M. Robinson

The rise of the Mongol empire transformed world history. Its collapse in the mid-fourteenth century had equally profound consequences. Four themes dominate this study of the late Mongol empire in Northeast Asia during this chaotic era: the need for a regional perspective encompassing all states and ethnic groups in the area; the process and consequences of pan-Asian integration under the Mongols; the tendency for individual and family interests...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674036085
• ISBN13: 9780674036086
• Release Date: December 2009
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 450 Pages
• Weight: 1.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"