{"product_id":"the-secret-history-of-the-mongols-isbn-9780241197912","title":"The Secret History of the Mongols","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn inventive translation of a great historical epic, and the oldest surviving literary work in the Mongolian language, recounting the turbulent life and times of Genghis Khan and his Dothraki-like, nomadic horse lords\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Penguin Classic\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Secret History of the Mongols\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the literary wonders of the world. Writing in the thirteenth century, the Secret Historian - whose identity remains unknown - combines insider history and verse to chronicle the life of Genghis Khan and the empire he founded. Following Genghis from his early years, through feasts and fights, alliances, rivalries and betrayals, we witness the birth of a new regime, and a unified Mongolia whose hordes swept across the steppe and remade the medieval world. It was a world of vast nomad tent cities and warrior horse lords, governed by a distant Heaven, a world which draws near in this vivid new translation.Acknowledgements \u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e1. The Influence of the Secret History and its Preservation \u003cbr\u003e2. The World of the Secret History \u003cbr\u003e3. Date and Authorship \u003cbr\u003e4. Title, Genre, Composition \u003cbr\u003e5. Mongolian Terms and their Translation \u003cbr\u003eNote on Spellings and Pronunciation \u003cbr\u003eNote on Chapter, Sub-chapter and Section Divisions \u003cbr\u003eFigures \u003cbr\u003eMaps \u003cbr\u003eTHE SECRET HISTORY OF THE MONGOLS\u003cbr\u003e1: The Origin of Chinggis Khan \u003cbr\u003e2: The Youth of Chinggis Khan \u003cbr\u003e3: The Early Battles of Chinggis Khan \u003cbr\u003e4: Chinggis Khan and Ong Khan \u003cbr\u003e5: Completing the Unification of Mongolia \u003cbr\u003e6: The New Regime \u003cbr\u003e7: The Foreign Conquests \u003cbr\u003e8: The Reign of Ökodei Khann\u003cbr\u003eColophon \u003cbr\u003eAfterword: The Transmission and Translation ofthe Secret History \u003cbr\u003eAppendix A: Alternative Mouse Year Theories and the Question of the Secret History’s Unity \u003cbr\u003eAppendix B: Socio-political Organization of the Pre-Chinggisid Mongols \u003cbr\u003eAppendix C: The New Aristocracy under Chinggis Khan \u003cbr\u003eAppendix D: Chronologies of the Foreign Conquests \u003cbr\u003eBibliography \u003cbr\u003eNotes \u003cbr\u003eGlossary of Names“A spectacular text and a wonderful edition” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Peter Frankopan, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Earth Transformed: An Untold History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eChristopher P. Atwood\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Mongolian and Chinese Frontier and Ethnic History, and Chair of the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations at the University of Pennsylvania. He spent two years in Inner Mongolia, and two decades at Indiana University. Atwood's previous book sinclude \u003ci\u003eThe Rise of the Mongols\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEncyclopedia of Mongolia and the Mongol Empire\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"Penguin Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46299845329125,"sku":"NP9780241197912","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780241197912.jpg?v=1767741407","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-secret-history-of-the-mongols-isbn-9780241197912","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}