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History of the Tartars

History of the Tartars

Het'um the Historian

Paperback

Medieval & Renaissance HistoryGeneral Asian HistoryGeneral Military History

ISBN10: 1925937895
ISBN13: 9781925937893
Publisher: Sophene
Published: Oct 6 2022
Pages: 168
Weight: 0.56
Height: 0.39 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

The first modern English translation of The History of the Tartars.

The History of the Tartars first appeared in 1307 in the city of Poitiers. Book I is a geographical survey of fourteen countries of Asia and the Near East. Book II is a brief account of Muslim military history, including the rise of the Saljuqs and Khwarazmians. Book III describes the early history of the Mongols and Mongol warfare in the Middle East, Central Asia and the Caucasus. Book IV contains Het'um's suggestions to Pope Clement V on initiating a crusade to retake Jerusalem and parts of Cilician Armenia, Lebanon and Syria. With Book IV, Het'um's History enters the ranks of Crusader literature, but with the difference that its author, rather than being a pious and limited cleric, was instead a successful and influential general and tactician.

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