ARGONAUT BOOKS

For 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 'The Mongol Storm' reveals, during the same era the Near East was utterly remade by another series of wars: the Mongol invasions. In 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...Read More