6 Foreword
8 Important Dates in the History of the Mongol Empire
INTRODUCTION
10 A Force from the East
13 Ch 1, The Nine-Tongued People
23 Ch 2, Out of Nowhere: The Rise of the Mongols
35 Ch 3, Building a Nation
51 Ch 4, Expanding the Empire
67 Ch 5, East Meets West
82 Ch 6, The Fracturing of Empire
99 Notes
101 For Further Reading