Genghis-Khan (Part 1), Scourge from the steppe
This post is the first of a twelve-month series about Gengis-Khan. Be ready for a year of adventures! Genghis-Khan was one of, if not the greatest, leader and an absolute legend in history. He shook the world under the hooves of his hordes during his invasions. When I started researching for this post, I was far from imagining the sheer scale of the impact that one random nomadic guy ended up having on the world. You thought Julius Caesar, Alexander the Great, Mehmet or Louis XIV were influential? They are wannabes compared to Genghis-Khan and his accomplishments. Not counting the leaders of the global age, the only other people that came close to his stature were Napoleon and Queen Victoria. Okay let’s start with the beginning. For a man of his renown Genghis-Khan, or Temujin before he was named the Great Khan, had surprisingly humble origins. Although he was the son of the chieftain of a Mongol clan, he had to start from scratch. Indeed, his father, Yesugei Bagatur, was as...