An Age of Empires, 1200-1750

by Marjorie Wall Bingham

The Age of Empires includes some of the most colorful, ruthless, and restless figures in all of history. During this time Genghis Khan told his troops to "fall upon the enemy like falcons," Ivan the Terrible expelled Mongol invaders from Russia but murdered his own son in a fit of rage, and Babur the Tiger ruled India, combining ferocity on the battlefield with a love of books and poetry. It is a period of extremes: Muslim Turks tolerated Jews and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195178394
• ISBN13: 9780195178395
• Release Date: August 2005
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.6" x 9.4"
• Age Range: 12 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 7 to 12