TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gumilev, L.N.
TI  - Searches For An Imaginary Kingdom :The Legend of the Kingdom of Prester John
SN  - 9780521108799
U1  - 958 
PY  - 1987///
CY  - New York
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Asia, Central History,Prester John (Legendary character)
N1  - 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.Includes bibliographical references and index
ER  -