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Genghis Khan and the Quest for God: How the World's Greatest Conqueror Gave Us Religious Freedom
Written by Jack Weatherford
Narrated by Mark Bramhall
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A landmark biography by the New York Times bestselling author of Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World that reveals how Genghis harnessed the power of religion to rule the largest empire the world has ever known.
Throughout history the world's greatest conquerors have made their mark not just on the battlefield, but in the societies they have transformed. Genghis Khan conquered by arms and bravery, but he ruled by commerce and religion. He created the world's greatest trading network and drastically lowered taxes for merchants, but he knew that if his empire was going to last, he would need something stronger and more binding than trade. He needed religion. And so, unlike the Christian, Taoist and Muslim conquerors who came before him, he gave his subjects freedom of religion. Genghis lived in the 13th century, but he struggled with many of the same problems we face today: How should one balance religious freedom with the need to reign in fanatics? Can one compel rival religions - driven by deep seated hatred--to live together in peace?
A celebrated anthropologist whose bestselling Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World radically transformed our understanding of the Mongols and their legacy, Jack Weatherford has spent eighteen years exploring areas of Mongolia closed until the fall of the Soviet Union and researching The Secret History of the Mongols, an astonishing document written in code that was only recently discovered. He pored through archives and found groundbreaking evidence of Genghis's influence on the founding fathers and his essential impact on Thomas Jefferson. Genghis Khan and the Quest for God is a masterpiece of erudition and insight, his most personal and resonant work.
From the Hardcover edition.
Throughout history the world's greatest conquerors have made their mark not just on the battlefield, but in the societies they have transformed. Genghis Khan conquered by arms and bravery, but he ruled by commerce and religion. He created the world's greatest trading network and drastically lowered taxes for merchants, but he knew that if his empire was going to last, he would need something stronger and more binding than trade. He needed religion. And so, unlike the Christian, Taoist and Muslim conquerors who came before him, he gave his subjects freedom of religion. Genghis lived in the 13th century, but he struggled with many of the same problems we face today: How should one balance religious freedom with the need to reign in fanatics? Can one compel rival religions - driven by deep seated hatred--to live together in peace?
A celebrated anthropologist whose bestselling Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World radically transformed our understanding of the Mongols and their legacy, Jack Weatherford has spent eighteen years exploring areas of Mongolia closed until the fall of the Soviet Union and researching The Secret History of the Mongols, an astonishing document written in code that was only recently discovered. He pored through archives and found groundbreaking evidence of Genghis's influence on the founding fathers and his essential impact on Thomas Jefferson. Genghis Khan and the Quest for God is a masterpiece of erudition and insight, his most personal and resonant work.
From the Hardcover edition.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This is an amazing account of The Life and Times of Genghis Khan. The author does a good job of relating the policies of the Mongol leader 2 the religious tolerance that we enjoy in the west today.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Started off slow but picked up. Great book. ... .
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Who new that Ghengis Khan inspired Jefferson’s views on religious freedom?
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Fantastic book with a great narrator. It spans the life of Ghengas Khan and the Mongols future Leaders all claiming a direct blood line to Khan. So much I didn't know about Khan were filled in nearly in an easy to listen to work that delivered facts to the best of the Author's ability. Direct connection is made to the religious freedom we now take for granted in the US and other evolved Nations around the World. Be sure to listen to the epilogue which sheds light on FDR's Vice President in the 1940 election and his subsequent replacement by Truman. As a student of history I had not come across this neat bit of historical trivia.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Fascinating history of the life of one of Asia'a great leaders, in particular his approach to religion. Includes a bibliography.
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