In a thoroughly comprehensive manner, Helen Hundley successfully
demonstrates the complex legacy of the Mongol presence in medieval
history, when Mongol warriors created a vast political organism
facilitating interethnic and intercontinental economic and cultural
exchange. Hundley offers the reader not only insight into the political
organization of the diverse Mongol realm, but also an eloquent
discussion on the religious effects of Mongol policies as well as the
role of women in dynastic interests. The usefulness of the text is
manifold: it is helpful reference material for those who specialize in
Asian Studies and the European Middle Ages and also teach world history
with an emphasis on cultural interaction, and also serves a
comprehensive introduction to the history of the Mongol Empire,
accessible to general readership.