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Bedtime Biography: Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World

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What’s it about?

A revisionist biography revealing Genghis Khan not as a barbarian, but as a visionary who forged the modern world through trade, tolerance, and meritocracy.

You’ll learn

  • How a tribal orphan united warring clans
  • Why Mongol military tactics were revolutionary
  • The origins of globalization and free trade
  • How religious tolerance shaped an empire