ABSTRACT
The publication of a new history of medieval Central Asia, 1 over half of which is concerned with the empire of the Chingizid Mongols, provides an opportunity for a survey of a number of books on that subject that have appeared during the past decade. Professor Kwanten’s book is, more or less avowedly, an attempt to replace René Grousset’s L’empire des steppes as the standard introduction to Central Asian history. I begin, then, with the English translation of Grousset’s celebrated book. 2
