A review by nibellarin
The Barbarian Empires of the Steppes by Kenneth W. Harl

3.0

Great information, led to lots of solo research and image hunting. Wish the contributions of the Mongols to the modern world was more clearly discussed but the history is great too. They are responsible for so much of what we have today and yet this didn't touch on much of those contributions except at the end. Great survey course, but I want more. The use of misinformation today in creating havoc can be attributed to the Mongols in some ways because that was how Genghis Khan often subdued whole cities, by scaring them with stories of what the Mongols did to other cities. Sometimes it was true, sometimes it was pure fabrication. I want to see more of the connections between what they introduced to the world and what we have today. I hope to find out more.