Comments on: Looking for dramatizations of the sack of Baghdad.

Question: Looking for dramatizations of the sack of Baghdad.

cthuljew — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 15:35:27 -0800

Are there any good dramatizations of the sack of Baghdad by the Mongols?

I finished reading Neal Stephenson's Cryptonomicon and got it into my head that he should write a novel about the sack of Baghdad. Now I really want to find any novels (or films, or whatever) that present the wonders of the Islamic empire, the fury of the Mongol army, and the forces and events surrounding the burning of the Library of Baghdad. Any suggestions?

By: rmd1023

rmd1023 — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 15:57:33 -0800

Stephenson and others wrote The Mongoliad, which includes the Mongol horde doing its thing.

By: Prof Iterole

Prof Iterole — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 17:53:53 -0800

Conn Iggulden's books (which go by different names in different regions) on the family of Genghis Khan are an excellent read. The last one includes the sack of Baghdad, but they're all worth a read in you're interested in the Mongol army and its methods.

By: empath

empath — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 20:43:08 -0800

Dan carlin is in the midst of a four part (+?) series about the Mongol empire.

By: bardophile

bardophile — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 21:37:25 -0800

I don't know if anything by Naseem Hijazi has been translated into English, but he's written a whole series of novels about that period in Islamic history.

By: silvergoat

silvergoat — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 23:25:52 -0800

I don't remember how much he gets into Baghdad, but Jack Weatherford's Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World is worth checking out.

By: cthuljew

cthuljew — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 01:11:43 -0800

Thanks, y'all!