[Doctor Stochastic]

Excellent book. I had hoped he would do a sequel.

I'm not sure most people (especially in the West) get the devastation caused by the Mongols, especially in TransOxonia.

[bondserv]

Excellent book. I had hoped he would do a sequel.

I am hoping one of his children puts together his manuscripts and completes the sequel. I had read that he was working on it when he died.

I'm not sure most people (especially in the West) get the devastation caused by the Mongol's, especially in TransOxonia.

My wife is from Romania (moved to California when she was 7); so I have had the Romanian perspective on the Mongols, from her Dad and Uncles. The Islamic extremists seem to have adopted many of the Mongols methods.

[agere_contra]

I'm not sure most people (especially in the West) get the devastation caused by the Mongols

True. The destruction of the Hordes changed the psyche of Russia, China, Japan and Mesopotamia for ever. Western Europe got off unscathed, but the Caliph of Baghdad got trampled to death by about a thousand horsemen, didn't he?