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Searches For An Imaginary Kingdom :The Legend of the Kingdom of Prester John/ L.N.Gumilev
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TextLanguage: ENG Publication details: Cambridge University Press, 1987. New York :Edition: 1st editionDescription: xix,403 pagesISBN: - 9780521108799
- 958 GUM
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Kalaignar Centenary Library Madurai | ENGLISH-REFERENCE BOOKS | நான்காம் தளம் / Fourth floor | 958 GUM (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Not for loan | 316308 |
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.