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Genghis Khan and the quest for God : how the world's greatest conqueror gave us religious freedom

Summary: "Reveals how Genghis Khan harnessed the power of religion to rule the largest empire the world has ever known. By the New York Times best-selling author of Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World,"--NoveList.

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  • ISBN: 9780735221154
  • ISBN: 0735221154
  • Physical Description: print
    xxiii, 407 pages : maps ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: New York : Viking, [2016]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-397) and index.
Formatted Contents Note: The anger of the gods -- Becoming Temujin. The teeth that eat men ; The golden whip of heaven ; Wisdom of the steppe ; Conflicting selves -- Becoming Genghis Khan. Messenger of light ; Jesus of the steppe ; The making of the Mongol nation ; Guardians of the flame -- Becoming the world conqueror. Wings of one bird ; God's omnipotence ; The thumb of fate ; Wild man from the mountain ; The Confucian and the unicorn -- Becoming a god. The last campaign ; War, inside and out ; Burning the books ; Life after death -- The thunderbolt of God.
Subject: Genghis Khan -- 1162-1227 -- Religion
Freedom of religion -- History
Religion and politics
Religion and state
Religions -- Relations
Mongolia -- Religion

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Selkirk College.

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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Circulation Modifier Holdable? Status Due Date Courses
Castlegar Campus Library BL 640 W43 2016 (Text)
Copy: c. 1
B001575778 General Volume hold Available -

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