George LaneGeorge Lane is Senior Teaching Fellow in the History of the Middle East and Central Asia at SOAS in the University of London, UK. GEORGE LANE teaches in the Department of History, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London Dr. Lane's focus is on Islamic history, particularly in the Central Asia region. He has also worked on relations between Iran and China during the 13th and 14th centuries. He contributed to The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Daily Life (Greenwood, 2004), and is the author of Ghengis Khan and Mongol Rule (Greenwood, 2004) and Early Mongol Rule in 13th Century Iran (2003). Read More Read Less