Prologue: Europe awaits King David.- Jenghiz Khan. Young Temuchin.- Expanding power.- Alliance with the Khan of the Keraits.- Danger threatens.- Jenghiz Khan of Khans.- Training of the Mongols.- The Chinese War.- The world in the west.- War against the Shah.- A war of annihilation.- The sage from China.- Return.- Jenghiz Khan's heritage.- The Mongol Empire. A great prime minister.- The Mongols in Europe.- Among the Tartars.- The conqueror's grandsons.- A general onslaught.- Kublai Khan.- Marco Polo's millions.- The three realms. End of the empire.- The realm of Ilkhans.- The Yuen Dynasty.- The golden horde.- The centre.- Tamerlane. The land between the realms.- Knight-errant.- Lord of Transoxania.- The five years' campaign.- The sexagenarian.- Dream of world-dominion.- The heritage. The heirs.- The disinherited.- Epilogue: The key of Asia