The Mongol Conquests

“A scholarly, detailed history of how the Mongols created the greatest landlocked empire in history” ( Midwest Book Review ). The Mongols created the greatest landlocked empire known to history. It was an empire created and sustained by means of conquest. Initially an insignificant tribal leader, Genghis Khan gradually increased his power, overcoming one rival after another. After he had subjugated all tribes of Inner Asia, he struck southward into China and later attacked distant Khwarizm in th