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Wednesday, May 28, 2014

Mongolia | Uzbekistan | Iran | Chingis Khan Rides West | Chapter 8

More of Chingis Khan Rides West: 
See Sample Chapter: The Flight of the Khwarezmshah. 

Posted by Don Croner at 8:28 AM
Labels: Chingis Khan, Chingis Khan Rides West, Khwarezmshah

Monday, May 26, 2014

Mongolia | Uzbekistan | Chingis Khan Rides West | Chapter 5

Wrapping up Chingis Khan Rides West. See sample chapter: 
The March from Otrar and the Fall of Bukhara

Posted by Don Croner at 9:51 AM
Labels: Bukhara, Chingis Khan, Chingis Khan Rides West
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Books By Don Croner

  • The Life of Zanabazar: First Bogd Gegeen of Mongolia
  • False Lama of Mongolia: The Life and Death of Dambijantsan
  • Wanders in Northern Mongolia
  • Seven Saints of Bukhara: The Khwajagan, or Masters of Wisdom
  • Chingis Khan Rides West: The Mongol Invasion of Bukhara, Samarkand, and other
  • Eccentric Hungarian Wanderer-Scholar Csoma de Körös

Wanders by Don Croner

  • Wanders in Mongolia: Burkhan Khaldun Khora
  • Wanders in Mongolia: Burkhan Buudai Uul

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