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    Genghis Khan: A Life From Beginning to End
    Genghis Khan: A Life From Beginning to End
    Genghis Khan: A Life From Beginning to End
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    Genghis Khan: A Life From Beginning to End

    By Henry Freeman

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    Genghis Khan was the most unlikely of conquerors. An orphan of the Mongolian Steppes, his rise went all but unnoticed by all the great powers around him. His people had been divided and discounted by the Chinese dynasties to his south and completely dismissed by the encroaching Islamic empires to his west.

    Inside you will read about...
    ✓ Mystery of the Steppes
    ✓ When Warriors Are Made
    ✓ Rites of Passage
    ✓ A Battle Against Shamanic Destiny
    ✓ United They Stand
    ✓ Throwing Sand at an Empire
    ✓ Genghis Khan's Crusade
    ✓ The Last Days of Genghis Khan

    Known as little more than bandits and nomads, Genghis Khan and his Mongolian horde would shake Kings and Emperors to their very core as they descended like locusts upon all four corners of the known world.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHourly History
    Release dateApr 22, 2016
    ISBN9781533707819
    Genghis Khan: A Life From Beginning to End

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      Short and Precise! Gets to the point and delivers amazing knowledge.
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      It was okey for a quick read. Some facts were wrong.
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      A short read, but very informative. I enjoyed learning about the various customs within the Mongol empire and how he defeated the Chinese, Iran, and Afghanistan. What a great read! Thanks Henry!

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    Genghis Khan - Henry Freeman

    GENGHIS KHAN

    A Life from Beginning to End

    By

    Henry Freeman

    Copyright © 2020.

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    Table of Contents

    Mystery of the Steppes

    When Warriors Are Made

    Rites of Passage

    A Battle Against Shamanic Destiny

    United They Stand

    Throwing Sand at an Empire

    Genghis Khan’s Crusade

    The Last Days of Genghis Khan

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    Introduction

    Mystery of the Steppes

    Genghis Khan was one of the most pivotal figures in history. When the Mongolian Hordes poured out of Central Asia, they took the entire world by surprise. This seminal event led to a worldwide conflagration that had an effect upon nearly every civilization on the planet, and yet in the Western World and beyond we tend to forget how this nomad from the Mongolian Steppes influenced the world.

    The world wasn’t without conflict when Genghis Khan rose to prominence, as the devastating effects of the Crusades and Muslim conquest in Asia Minor were still fresh. Yet despite these already smoldering firestorms, no one quite foresaw the major power that would rise up out of the frigid wastelands of the Steppes.

    At the time of Khan’s birth in 1162, Mongolia was little more than a collection of loosely knit family-based tribes. How this unorganized group of wanderers would be able to turn themselves into the greatest fighting force and later the largest land empire ever known to man remains one of the greatest mysteries of history. In fact, nearly everyone that came in contact with the Mongolian military machine took it for granted at first, underestimating its power.

    The Chinese government had been dividing the northern tribes against each other for centuries. It initially believed the armies led by Khan were just a temporary aberration that their own military might would put down in good time. However, when the Mongolian army hand reached Nanjing, the Ch’in Dynasty had to accept the hard fact that Genghis Khan wasn’t going anywhere anytime soon. This same realization dawned on the Shah of the Iranian/Afghanistan empire: despite reports from local merchants of Khan’s military might, the Shah simply dismissed him as just another infidel to be destroyed. This shortsighted view would cost him his entire kingdom and his life.

    The Mongolians went from one of the poorest and least organized communities on the planet to the most highly-disciplined fighting machine on the face of this Earth. Just how did this happen? There’s only one answer to that question: Genghis Khan.

    Chapter One

    When Warriors Are Made

    Genghis Khan was born with the name of Temujin. The name means blacksmith or one who forges, and he certainly forged an empire; he founded what would become the largest in the history of the world, an empire that began with the unification of just a few nomadic tribes in Northeast Asia. It was after this unification that the true conquest of the world began: the Mongol invasions would greatly expand their territory to include almost all of Eurasia.

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