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The Mongol Storm: Making and Breaking Empires in the Medieval Near East Hardcover – November 15, 2022

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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.

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November 15, 2022
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“The Mongol Storm is an elegant reproach to the sort of academic history seen in narrow studies that are of interest only to other academic historians, exclude the general reader and, worst of all, are frankly unreadable. It is a reminder that the best history writing…is eminently readable. What is the point of it otherwise?” ―Sunday Times

"A sobering account told with a stark Hobbesian realism, yet with a light writerly touch for all that.”
―Los Angeles Review of Books

“[An] erudite, often thrilling and much-needed study…This is imperial history at its most ‘complex and messy’, but Morton passes little judgement…instead, he scrupulously contextualises all the actors within the belief systems of their day, and the harsh realities of their lives.”―Daily Telegraph

“With powerful prose, Morton leads readers through the complicated affairs of the Medieval Near East…A virtue of Morton’s book is that it doesn’t simplify anything but makes the most complicated parts understandable. For anyone who loves history, especially with military and diplomatic focuses.” ―Library Journal

“A tremendous book. This is, at heart, a timeless story about the power of the survival instinct.”
―The Critic

“This expert study casts the Middle Ages in a new light.”―Publishers Weekly

“This is the most exciting study of the Mongols and their encounters with the peoples of the Near East I have ever read. It is a story of epic proportions demanding much from an historian. Morton rises to the challenge. His scholarship is impeccable, and his judgments are judicious and compelling. He has an exceptional facility for finding the apt quotation to underscore his points, and his prose is precise, clear, and elegant. I found it extremely difficult to put this marvelous book down.”―William Chester Jordan, Princeton University

“When Mongol armies arrived in the Near East in the later Middle Ages, they transformed the region utterly and irreversibly. Nicholas Morton’s new history of their extraordinary deeds and conquests is deeply researched and elegantly written—essential reading for anyone interested in the descendants of Genghis Khan in the age of the Crusades.”―Dan Jones, New York Times-bestselling author of The Templars

“Morton’s The Mongol Storm is a well-researched and lucidly written book that will transform thinking about the great transitions of the Middle Ages. The phenomenon of Mongol expansion in the thirteenth century is usually told from the perspective of its Central Asian origins. Here, readers find the story of how the largest land empire in human history pushed westward into the Middle East, almost reaching Egypt itself. As medieval studies expands its focus onto more global connections, Morton’s book enables readers to see how war and trade, fear of violence, and desire for material goods tied this vast expanse together. This is a history we’ve been needing for some time."―Monica Green, fellow, the Medieval Academy of America, and independent scholar

“This outstanding book takes a deep look at Mongol history and the Islamic world over two centuries. Rulers of the largest land empire in history, extending from Korea to Poland, the Mongols are today often associated with conquest and destruction. In The Mongol Storm, Morton complicates these misconceptions, unearthing a wealth of references to their religious tolerance and their dissemination of revolutionary Asian technologies and cultures to the Middle East. He brilliantly examines the conflicts and alliances between the Mongols, Crusaders, Byzantines, and innumerable Muslim powers. Morton’s invaluable book shows how the Muslim world was profoundly reconfigured, and the broader history of our planet influenced for centuries to come, by the mandate from heaven.”―Taef El-Azhari, University of Helwan, Egypt

“An accessible and gripping narrative of the most important developments of the late medieval Near East.”―Anthony Kaldellis, University of Chicago

About the Author

Nicholas 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.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Basic Books (November 15, 2022)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 432 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1541616308
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1541616301
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.41 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.35 x 1.75 x 9.55 inches

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Dr Nicholas Morton is a specialist in the history of crusading and the Medieval Mediterranean between the tenth and thirteenth centuries. More recently he has begun to focus specifically upon the theme of inter-faith relations between Christianity and Islam in this region. He has published extensively on topics connected to this subject area, writing a range of books and scholarly articles.

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wsk

Not About Mongols

Reviewed in the United States on March 28, 2023

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I made a critical mistake ordering this book - I judged it by its cover! This IS NOT a book about the Mongol Empire. Instead, it's about every other kingdom in the ancient Near Middle East and how they responded to the Mongols. To be fair, it is a well-written, engaging, and well-researched book from which I learned a great deal. Just not about the Mongols!

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Howard Mcpherson

Page binding problem

Reviewed in the United States on June 7, 2023

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I have only looked at this book but did not start reading it. Pages 1 to 310 are in the right order. However, pages 342 start (upside down) to 311, then followed by pages 343 to 419. I do not know if this binding problem happened to just this book, or to a series of this book. I will not be returning this book.

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Richard Dalton

Interesting Read

Reviewed in the United States on June 17, 2023

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Background history is well described. Good book if like history.

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paul boblitt

Where are the titular Mongols?

Reviewed in the United States on November 28, 2022

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Firstly, this is a very well written, and informative book. However, I find the amount of ink spent on the states invaded by the Mongols, as opposed to the Mongols themselves, slightly irritating. I’m already fairly familiar with the Crusader States, Seljuk and Abbasid caliphate, Mamluks etc. I purchased this book to expand my knowledge of the Mongols, and in this respect Im left wanting more.

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Storm on the move and moving others - thrilling and dynamic near east history in Mongol times

Reviewed in the United States on December 23, 2022

This book is unique because rather than endless facts about the Mongols it brings you in into the vibrant ecosystem of their times. The author entices you and throws you right into the middle of near east empires such as the Seljuks and the Ayyubids. We learn about their times and how it felt to be threatened by the Mongols, and the choices they had to made when facing the Mongol storm - from flight to fight - and who benefited or lost the most. In the process Nicholas Morton does inform the reader about who were the mongols and their customs, but so does it do the same about the crusaders for example. I've seen reviews here that this books should be more about the mongols and less about other peoples. Well the title and subtitle are pretty clear that here the mongols are the storm which unchains events in the established empires whose territories they invade and subjugate. When describing a storm it's natural that one focus on the effects of the storm on various peoples. I find the book amazing in that it lives up to its title since it throws you right into the middle of the mongol storm moving all the time with various effects. This at fasted pace rhythm never boring or too factual. Extremely pleasure history reading. Congrats to the author Morton whom I didn't know but whose sense of pace and ability to keep the reader engaged in the dynamic events while learning plenty about the mongols, the period and the near east!

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Michael D. Teves

Great read!

Reviewed in the United States on March 19, 2023

Excellent overview of the mongol conquests and the aftermaths to the lands it touched.

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Dylan Simon

An Important Read on the Medieval Middle Near East

Reviewed in the United States on January 13, 2023

The Mongols managed to establish the second largest land empire in human history without a doubt. Sources from Chinese observers to Christian monks describe the ruthlessness and ferocity of their conquests which they made seem easy. Morton has done a fantastic job of peeling back one area though that the Mongols struggled to conquer: the Near East. Morton has done a fantastic job of unveiling the narrative of the Mongol conquest in the Middle East and how this region actually halted their advance. In addition he manages to describe how the culture left behind by the Mongols transformed the region up to today one might say. I definitely think this book takes its place amongst other great works on the Mongols.

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Arevik H.

fascinating work on subject

Reviewed in the United States on December 21, 2022

extremely well-done research, analysis, and synthesis of Mongols, origins, conquests, leaders, interests, and ambitions.
The history of the Mongol empire was widely researched in mainly 2-3 characters and pop culture gave us an illusion of the knowledge of the subject, in truth, is, we are acquainted with particles of this mighty empire's history.
as an Armenian myself, I have learned at school about the conquests of Mongols in our region and it was fascinating to have deep time.

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Wahalla

Erudite, surprising

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 15, 2023

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I read this immediately after reading Frankopans First Crusade. This was fortunate as there are linear synergies as to the events here in. This brought out granular details of the near east and the fast changing alliances. Cilisian Armenia Kingdom is a star, a nation play their cards brilliantly (I need to read a book on them!). What surprised was the Frankish Christian Kingdoms submitted to the Mongols. But also they played did deals to allow the Mamelukes through to fight the Mongols! Someone else mentioned that the Mongols were almost peripheral and this titling was deceptive. Honestly without the title I might not have read this book . (I did listen to the author on History Extra Podcast). Surprisingly brilliant. I have 15 pages to go so what to read next! That will depend on the deal i can find on Amazon daily deal!

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Florence Vilen

Excellent on one of the most dramatic centuries of Eurasian historhy

Reviewed in Sweden on September 12, 2023

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In the 13th century the Mongols conquered most of the Near East, demanding total submission. Their enormous realm split in succession crises but stayed extremely strong. The emphasis here lies on the realms that were subjected or that, as Egypt, managed to withstand, but the Mongol values are also presented, in particular their great interest in international trade and also in science. Also much information on the crusader states. Rich notes and bibliography. In spite of all changes since then this history feels remarkably relevant today as well.

Nathik

Highly readable history of near east

Reviewed in India on March 24, 2023

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The title of the book might mislead some readers. The book is less about the Mongols themselves and more about the empires at the receiving end of the Mongol ruthless onslaught. The book is an highly readable history of the Near East with myriad of empires, principalities and people caught up in the midst of the Mongol onslaught.
As someone who is somewhat familiar with the Mongol invasion – seize of Baghdad, destruction of Alamut, defeat at Ayn Jalut, I found this book really interesting and helped me understand the region during the tumultuous period.
The writer doesn’t try the common trick by historians to get attention to their work by controversially asserting the opposite of commonly held historical view. At the same time the writer explains the Mongol’s worldview and beliefs which led them to see themselves as world-conquerors and did what they did to the conquered people. The Mongols practiced brutal collective extermination of the population to instilled fear on the rest of the empire in the region and to encourage voluntarily submission. Conquered population were recruited in the Mongol forces to be part of the frontline and if any recruits flee battle, the remaining members of the squad of 10 will be executed and if the squad deserted then entire company of 100 will be executed.
With the exception of the Mamluks, almost all the empire, principalities- Seljuks, Empire of Nicea, Zangids, Armenians submitted to Mongols. I was surprised to learn that Mongols initially suffered defeat at the hands of Abbasids before decimating the Baghdad and its population in 1258.
The book explains the intricate political understanding between the Ayyubids dynasty and Crusade states. Due to Ayyubid’s internal bickering, they felt fighting the crusader state was a distraction. And rivals within the Ayyubid family preferred to cement an alliance with the Crusade states against each other.
The real badass, for the lack of a better term, was Baybars. An Qipchak Turkic slave boy who became the Sultan of Egypt and successfully defeated the Mongols and Crusade states. Following the defeat in Ayn Jalut and internal power struggle, the Mongol empire broke down into IlKhanate, Golden Horde, Blue Horde, The Great Khan and Chaghadayids. The Ilkhanate suffered from internal power struggle within the noble family before its inevitable demise.
Overall, a good read on tumultuous period of the Near East. Highly recommend it.

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James Nelson

The Mongol Storm

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 26, 2023

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A well written and easy to read history

David R.

Very detailed and informative.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 16, 2023

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The book is very readable which is impressive given the complex subject at hand.

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