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This book is a new biography, based on Grousset's 1939 biography, but including results of the studies published after 1939 up to the present. It gives a description of Chinggis' rise to power on the steppe and his campaigns in Eurasia. It also describes how he laid the foundation for the large Mongol empire that was (almost) completed by his sons and grandsons. It involved more than just conquest, but also ruling sedentary subjects of very different background. An immediate result of his conquests was pacification of the conquered areas, which made safe passage through Eurasia possible for merchants and monks.Eisma, Doeke is the author of 'Chinggis Qan and the Conquest of Eurasia, a Biography' with ISBN 9781847289742 and ISBN 1847289746.
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