Summary Of The Mongol Empire By Timothy May

Timothy May does an amazing job at describing and hooking the reader into the stories of the Mongols and their conquests. From the beginning, May, a specialist in the Mongol Empire, the Crusades and the author and co-author of four books is clear about his point of view on this point in history from the start, by informing the reader everything from the rise of Chinggis Khan, to the fall of the empire he starts off by acknowledging the importance of the Mongol Empire and the importance that Chinggis had for the growth and prosperity of the empire. Farther along the book, May stated this book is more for professors and student audience, yet he uses a normal not too over the top vocabulary that perfectly describe the Mongol Empire without making

History books are more professional, with words that I could never understand unless I looked them up in a dictionary, yet May was able to write this book with words that every literate person understands; making it perfect for a larger audience to connect to. May also explains in the start of the book that this book is meant for students and professors. The Mongol Conquests in World History is also a great resource for anything that involves the rise of the Mongol Empire, and the fall as well. At the end of the book, May added a variety of different sections that are perfect when someone like me needs to read on a specific part of the book. A glossary section, a few index pages, a table of the different rulers in the Mongol Empire, the Yuan Empire and much more. May does this to further simplify his book, acknowledging the fact that sometimes there is only a certain part of the book that readers need to read. Overall, the book was informative, educational, and straight

I was originally looking for a book that had information about the Mongol Empire, specifically how it fell. The Mongol Conquests in World History taught me more than what I already knew about the fall of the Mongol Empire. May adds on that “Without the rise of Chinggis Khan it is very unlikely that the Mongol Empire and its resulting impact would ever happen.” (22) The different ups and downs that Chinggis Khan went through to support and bring his empire to the top is interesting in so many levels, and May perfectly writes the book in a way that made me not want to stop reading. He wrote with so much detail that it was impossible not to grasp what he was saying. Other people who read this book will be astonished with how well May is able to hook the reader in and keep them hooked. The separation between the two parts of the book was great for finding a specific section in the book, and the pages that he added along to the book that contained an index and an entire list of the people who ruled over the