Professor and author Nicolas Morton joins the podcast to discuss his book, The Mongol Storm.
The Mongol Empire rose to power in the early 1200s, founded by Genghis Khan. At it’s peak the Empire stretched from the Pacific Ocean to the Black Sea, encompassing Korea, Mongolia, China, Russia and portions of Eastern Europe and the Near East.
Nic’s new book The Mongol Storm covers the Mongol Empire and their influence in the near east. We discuss the rise of the Mongol Empire, what their society looked like, their religion and of course, their great military might.
About the Book
How the Mongol invasions of the Near East reshaped the balance of world power in the Middle Ages
For centuries, the Crusades have been central to the story of the medieval Near East, but these religious wars are only part of the region’s complex history. As The Mongol Storm reveals, during the same era the Near East was utterly remade by another series of wars: the Mongol invasions.
In a single generation, the Mongols conquered vast swaths of the Near East and upended the region’s geopolitics. Amid the chaos of the Mongol onslaught, long-standing powers such as the Byzantines, the Seljuk Turks, and the crusaders struggled to survive, while new players such as the Ottomans arose to fight back. The Mongol conquests forever transformed the region, while forging closer ties among societies spread across Eurasia.
This is the definitive history of the Mongol assault on the Near East and its enduring global consequences.
Get your free audio copy of The Mongol Storm from Audible.com at: https://www.medievalarchives.com/AudioBook
The Vast Mongol Empire
Nicolas Morton
is an associate professor at Nottingham Trent University. The author or editor of nine books, including The Field of Blood, Morton lives in Nottinghamshire, UK.
- Twitter: @NicholasMorto11
- YouTube: @MedievalNearEast
Download the MP3 or listen in your favorite podcast app. Subscribe to the feed so you do not miss a single episode.
Direct link to the MP3 file | Apple Podcast Feed | RSS Podcast Feed
Intro music provided by Tim Rayburn. It is available at Magnatune.com
