More gigantic in historical literature than Alexander, the Caesars, Napoleon, or Hitler... 750 years ago, Genghis Khan, the great Mongolian war lord conquered half the world. A nomad, a hunter and herder of beasts, he outgeneraled the powers of three empires. He was a barbarian who had never seen a city and did not know the use of writing, yet drew up a code of laws for fifty nations which survived for centuries.
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
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More gigantic in historical literature than Alexander, the Caesars, Napoleon, or Hitler... 750 years ago, Genghis Khan, the great Mongolian war lord conquered half the world. A nomad, a hunter and herder of beasts, he outgeneraled the powers of three empires. He was a barbarian who had never seen a city and did not know the use of writing, yet drew up a code of laws for fifty nations which survived for centuries.
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations.