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I cannot explain the affection I have for this book and how enjoyable it is to listen to all of these stories about legendary Mongols.

Why is this so compelling? I'm having a surprisingly great time with this audiobook

Heck yeah my audiobook hold came back 😎 also love how dedicated this book is to telling us how garbage and useless Genghis Khan's sons were lol

Departing momentarily from Manduhai to look at the relationship between Beg-Arslan and the Chinese Ming, we begin to see the Great Wall being built in response to the southern Mongol raiding. The creation of the wall was ingenious in that it allowed communication faster than the Mongolian horses could run. On the other hand, it also allowed enough security behind the wall that the Ming became sedentary once more.