Favereau takes us inside one of the most powerful sources of cross-border integration in world history. It left behind a profound legacy in Europe, Russia, Central Asia, and the Middle East, palpable to this day. For three hundred years, the Horde was no less a force in global development than Rome had been.

In the first comprehensive history of the Horde, the western portion of the Mongol empire that arose after the death of Chinggis Khan, Marie Favereau shows that the accomplishments of the Mongols extended far beyond war. A remarkable book.' -Peter Frankopan, author of The Silk Roads The Mongols are widely known for one thing: conquest. Favereau subjects the Mongols to a much-needed re-evaluation, showing how they were able not only to conquer but to control a vast empire.

(Apr.2021 Cundill History Prize Finalist A Financial Times Best Book of the Year A Spectator Best Book of the Year A Five Books Best Book of the Year 'Outstanding, original, and revolutionary. The author’s accessible, wide-ranging narrative entwines political and military history with deep dives into everything from the Mongols' monetary reforms to their national beverage of fermented mare’s milk, which, she contends, “strengthens the immune system and treats and prevents typhoid.” Favereau downplays the bloodier aspects of Mongol power, but her detailed exploration of its more constructive side makes this a meaningful corrective to popular misconceptions about Mongols’ role in world history. Among the world-historical upheavals the Golden Horde facilitated, according to Favereau, were the Black Death and the rise of the modern Russian state dominated by Moscow. She pegs Horde society as a novel form of “nomadic empire” that migrated with its herds but promoted trade, commerce, and economic production among the sedentary peoples it controlled and taxed, using diplomacy as often as violence.

Favereau ( The Golden Horde and the Mamluk Sultanate), a Paris Nanterre University historian, sketches the rise of the Mongol Empire under Genghis Khan in the 13th century, but focuses on the subordinate territory of the “Golden Horde” under the Batuid dynasty of khans, who ruled over the steppe stretching from Central Asia into Russia and as far as Hungary. The Mongols were sophisticated state builders who left a lasting mark on Eurasia, according to this eye-opening revisionist study.

The horde by marie favereau