The Punishment of Virtue: Inside Afghanistan After the Taliban
- ISBN-10
- 0702235881
- ISBN-13
- 9780702235887
- Category
- Afghanistan
- Pages
- 386
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006
- Publisher
- Univ. of Queensland Press
- Author
- Sarah Chayes
Description
Apart from these advantages, which grew almost naturally out of the Mongols' native environment, Genghis Khan's genius added others. Like the leaders of the early Muslim Arabs six hundred years before, he had learned that tribalism ...
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