Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World contains and introduction and three broad parts. While Weatherford's book is thought to contain a number of important historical errors, it has done much to revive interest in the Mongol Empire and the man who created it. The Mongols tended to rule by consensus, rather than by orders, widely promoted the use of paper money, reduced the use of torture and created the idea of diplomatic immunity. Mongols were innovators in military tactics, to be sure, but they also fostered the use of modern propaganda, massive free trade routes, modern international rule of law and the free exchange of ideas. The Mongols also promoted universal education. They imposed fewer taxes and had less administration. They also tended to treat the general population much better than the rulers they deposed and were widely tolerant of religious differences. Weatherford argues that the Mongols are not the horrible, conquering hordes of Western imagination, but instead Mongols tended to be egalitarian, destroying local hierarchies. The work is far friendlier to the Mongols and is included in a string of books that have reconceived the personality and life of Genghis Khan. Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World is effectively an extended attempt to rehabilitate the image of Genghis Khan in a much more positive light than is normal for Western historiography. It focuses on a number of recently unearthed and translated historical texts that, in centuries past, were unavailable, such as the Secret History of the Mongols. The book tells the story of Genghis Khan's life, influence and legacy, through his successors to the present day. His book is well-known as a work of popular history.

Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World was written by Jack Weatherford, a professor of anthropology at Macalester College in Minnesota.

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