John Hare

In the steppes of the Golden Horde

The third volume of Christoph Baumer’s magnificent history covers the age of Islam, Genghis Khan and the deeply destructive Mongol hordes

  • The History of Central Asia: The Age of Islam and the Mongols (Volume 3)

    Christoph Baumer

    I.B. Tauris, pp. 392

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