The History of the Mongol Conquests by J. J. Saunders (review)

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REVIEWS 228 gin and gives all the regions which match what Egyptian pictures and hieroglyphic spellings tell us and what other region’s historical records indicate may have produced raiders or may have been home to tribes with the traits the Egyptians indicated. Then, he takes all the resulting possibilities. When the entire process has been finished, he takes the options for each individual study and cross-references them with others to show where the most likely general region of origin was for these people. The idea is brilliant in its simplicity, and could only be done properly by someone intimately knowledgeable about the history of the entire Middle East. His review of the histories of the Egyptians and Hittites during this period serves to supplement his findings by identifying key problem areas which were only under nominal control and could easily have fostered strong raiding parties. An appendix devoted to a study of the history of the feathered headdress confirms that the gr

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