The Horde: How the Mongols Changed the World
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The Horde: How the Mongols Changed the World Audible Audiobook – Unabridged

Marie Favereau (Author), Anne Flosnik (Narrator), Tantor Audio (Publisher)
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In the first comprehensive history of the Horde, Marie Favereau shows that the accomplishments of the Mongols extended far beyond war.

Favereau takes us inside one of the most powerful sources of cross-border integration in world history. The Horde was the central node in the Eurasian commercial boom of the 13th and 14th centuries and was a conduit for exchanges across thousands of miles. Its unique political regime - a complex power-sharing arrangement among the khan and the nobility - rewarded skillful administrators and diplomats and fostered an economic order that was mobile, organized, and innovative. From its capital at Sarai on the lower Volga River, the Horde provided a governance model for Russia, influenced social practice and state structure across Islamic cultures, disseminated sophisticated theories about the natural world, and introduced novel ideas of religious tolerance.

The Horde is the eloquent, ambitious, and definitive portrait of an empire little understood and too readily dismissed. Challenging conceptions of nomads as peripheral to history, Favereau makes clear that we live in a world inherited from the Mongol moment.

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  1. Listening Length
    12 hours and 8 minutes
  2. Author
    Marie Favereau
  3. Narrator
    Anne Flosnik
  4. Audible release date
    September 14, 2021
  5. Language
    English
  6. Publisher
    Tantor Audio
  7. ASIN
    B09DM1Q67F
  8. Version
    Unabridged
  9. Program Type
    Audiobook
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Listening Length 12 hours and 8 minutes
Author Marie Favereau
Narrator Anne Flosnik
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Audible.com Release Date September 14, 2021
Publisher Tantor Audio
Program Type Audiobook
Version Unabridged
Language English
ASIN B09DM1Q67F
Best Sellers Rank #143,853 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals)
#25 in Central Asian History
#64 in Globalization (Audible Books & Originals)
#122 in Central Asia History

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Tortolita
5.0 out of 5 stars Pull Out The Atlas
Reviewed in the United States on July 30, 2021
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This superb overview of the Mongols will have you pulling out the atlas to gain an appreciation of the peoples and geography of this fascinating empire. No matter your expertise in geography and history the comprehensiveness of this excellent book will take you to places you’ve likely never been before. The cultural, political and economic sophistication of the Horde is an eye-opener. So long ago but so effective and pragmatic. The Horde’s impact on Russia and the CIS is poorly appreciated, even within Russia and the CIS itself. Something as fundamental as the impact on Russian history is a blind spot in understanding that incredibly complex place. Really, a stunning work of authorship and research. Sending copies to friends.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Political science primer complements of the Mongols that we missed as students
Reviewed in the United States on May 15, 2021
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While it could have had less of who killed and begat whom, this gives a realistic history of nomadic Mongol conquest and governing that successfully blended cultures and religions in a way that we often miss in miopic, western driven history
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5.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating history of an often unrecognized civilization
Reviewed in the United States on November 24, 2022
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This book overturns the notion that only sedentary peoples can develop complex civilizations. For centuries, Mongolians ruled much of the territory from Eastern Europe to the Pacific, remaining nomadic even though they conquered and even built cities. Their own core society was complex. They often practiced indirect rule of subject peoples, fostered trade across vast distances, and were tolerant of multiple religions.

However, the author sanitized this history by omitting the brutality that was integral to the Mongol conquests. As anyone (such as present-day Ukrainians) who has experienced this kind of warfare can attest, the brutality is a central factor.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Very informative
Reviewed in the United States on August 22, 2021
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Not only was the context extremely informative and stimulating but it is extremely well written and the narrative flow is excellent
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Jerry L Mayhew
3.0 out of 5 stars Good history of a fascinating people.
Reviewed in the United States on December 6, 2021
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The book was interesting in its presentation of facts. However, it seemed as though the author when a bit too much into detail on certain aspects of tribal life. Given that, it is still a very complete and fascinating work on the impact of the Mongols on history.
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Jim
5.0 out of 5 stars Thorough history of the Mongol Empire
Reviewed in the United States on June 24, 2021
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I enjoy reading non fiction and I especially enjoy reading histories. I try to be careful to read meaningful, recommended offerings. The WSJ Saturday Book Review recommended this book and it's recommendations rarely disappoint. It is interesting to find out how the Irish became the Irish and how the Hungarians became the Hungarians. I highly recommend this book.
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leon zhao
4.0 out of 5 stars Informative and well written
Reviewed in the United States on January 6, 2024
I am reading, listening to several history books about Mongol empire at the same time, Marie Favereau‘s The Horde and Jack Weatherford’s Genghis Khan are no doubt the best of the genre. The Horde focuses more on the western part of the Mongol empire and went into a lot of details of the Mongolian social and economic organization that helps explain how they can conquer so much of Eurasia in short time period. This book showed the other aspects of Mongol empire beyond just military campaigns and conquests. She writes very well and included informative maps and used current geographical names to indicate where historical events took place — a lot of history authors fail to do that.
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ngreader
5.0 out of 5 stars Good history of important time
Reviewed in the United States on June 12, 2021
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This text gave me much more details about an important people and time is missed in my high school history as barbaric conquerors defeated by civilized Western peoples. Lots more intrigue with Western European countries than I realized. Didn’t cover this area in college, so this book a revelation.
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Marendithas
5.0 out of 5 stars great book.
Reviewed in Canada on December 18, 2021
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i love that book. well explained.
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TABISH
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent presentation, lucid references and comprehensively researched.
Reviewed in India on June 19, 2023
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If one wants to have a thorough knowledge of events/ circumstances& outcomes coz of the interplay between yhe myriad of players in, and what the "'Eurasian'' area/ region passed thru in the medieval times, this is the authoritative book to go to. Wish her the best, with more eagerly awaited from her side.
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Daniel Garcia
4.0 out of 5 stars Great read
Reviewed in Germany on October 8, 2021
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This is an exciting read on an underresearched topic. I do not think the author succeeds in "proving" her theory: namely that The Horde constituted a true state instead of a parasite organization.
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Iain Shepherd
5.0 out of 5 stars very good although it could have done with a few genealogical trees
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 6, 2021
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Yes very good. It has some useful maps so don't read it on a kindle. It could have done with a few genealogical trees (you can find some on Wikipedia).As always there was more about the ruling class than the life of slaves but i suppose that is all you get from the sources. But the descriptions of the Horde's governance methods was very good. Recommended
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Abhiram
4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting book but should’ve been better proof-read
Reviewed in India on November 24, 2022
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This is an interesting book and I plan to post a full review. I am only about 60 pages into reading it and one thing that strikes me, and actually disrupts an otherwise smooth narrative, is the typos. There are quite a few typos and simple mistakes, like ‘they’ instead of ‘the’ and so on. The book should have been proof- read more closely. Such totally avoidable mistakes mar an otherwise well-researched book. Thanks!
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