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(SET) The Mongol Empire & The Barbarian Empires of the Steppes

(SET) The Mongol Empire & The Barbarian Empires of the Steppes

(SET) The Mongol Empire & The Barbarian Empires of the Steppes

Get a riveting introduction to the warriors who emerged from the Eurasian steppes and caused a domino effect of displacement and cultural exchange. In The Mongol Empire, an award-winning historian recounts the storied conquests and achievements of one of the largest, most brutal, and most enlightened realms the world has ever known. Then, in The Barbarian Empires of the Steppes, place the Mongols within the larger context of other groups—from the Sacae to the Sarmatians to the Huns—who pushed westward from Iraq to India to the Roman Empire and paved the way for our globalized world.

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