{"product_id":"the-mongol-storm-by-nicholas-morton-9781399803571","title":"The Mongol Storm","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e'Brain-stretching . . . pulsating . . . irresistible'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\n\n\u003cb\u003e'Deeply researched and elegantly written - essential reading'\u003c\/b\u003e Dan Jones\n\n\u003cb\u003e'Erudite, often thrilling and much-needed'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\n\n\u003cb\u003eHow the Mongol invasions of the Near East reshaped the balance of world power in the Middle Ages.\u003c\/b\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor 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 \u003ci\u003eThe Mongol Storm\u003c\/i\u003e reveals, during the same era the Near East was utterly remade by another series of wars: the Mongol invasions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the definitive history of the Mongol assault on the Near East and its enduring global consequences.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46833671536876,"sku":"9781399803571","price":29.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/10403773482686.jpg?v=1758474565","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-mongol-storm-by-nicholas-morton-9781399803571","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}