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Searches for an Imaginary Kingdom: The Legend of the Kingdom of Prester John - Past and Present Publications Lev Nikolaevich Gumilev
Searches for an Imaginary Kingdom: The Legend of the Kingdom of Prester John - Past and Present Publications
Lev Nikolaevich Gumilev
The so called 'Kingdom of Prester John' was a Christian power thought to exist in Central Asia at the time of the twelfth-century crusades. At a deeper level, for the steppe peoples it constitutes a distant dynamic which led to the world-shattering rise of Mongol power under Chinggis (Genghis) Khan.
428 pages, black & white illustrations
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | April 16, 2009 |
| ISBN13 | 9780521108799 |
| Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
| Pages | 428 |
| Dimensions | 142 × 216 × 27 mm · 582 g |
| Language | English |
| Translator | Smith, R. E. F. |