Khan, Makers of History Series, by Jacob Abbott

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Title: Genghis Khan, Makers of History Series

Author: Jacob Abbott

Release Date: May 2, 2009 [EBook #28667]

Language: English

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Makers of History

Genghis Khan

JACOB ABBOTT

WITH ENGRAVINGS

NEW YORK AND LONDON

HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS

1901

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty, by

HARPER & BROTHERS,

in the Clerk's office of the District Court of the Southern District of New York.

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[Illustration: INAUGURATION OF GENGHIS KHAN.]

PREFACE.

The word khan is not a name, but a title. It means chieftain or king. It is a word used in various forms by the different tribes and nations that from time immemorial have inhabited Central Asia, and has been applied to a great number of potentates and rulers t

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