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Name: Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
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Author: Jack Weatherford

Jack Weatherford

The fascinating story behind the Mongol Empire

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What’s in it for me? Discover a new interpretation of Genghis Khan.

In the West, we often think of the Greek and Roman Empires as the great civilizing influences that led to the development of the modern world as we know it. The Mongol Empire and Genghis Khan, on the other hand, get scant notice from Western historians. On the occasions they are mentioned, it’s almost always in a negative context, with tales of brutality and aggression.

But the story of Genghis Khan and his empire is fascinating and deserves revisiting. It is a story that needs telling. From the hardships of Genghis Khan’s childhood to the construction of the first commercial empire to closely connect the European and Asian continents, these blinks tell the emperor’s real story.

In these blinks you will discover

why Genghis Khan is underappreciated in the West;
why the Mongol Empire still has an impact today; and
why it is never a good idea to kidnap your future spouse.

Genghis Khan’s larger-than-life reputation began with humble origins in difficult terrain.

You might’ve thought the future empire-builder Genghis Khan led a privileged life from childhood. That he came from a powerful and wealthy family and remained powerful and wealthy.

He didn’t.

Genghis Khan faced many hardships as a child. Born in the Eurasian Steppe between modern-day Mongolia and Siberia, he was given the name Temujin and grew up in a nomadic culture. The nomadic peoples of the area coalesced into tribes and clans based on kinship ties. The head of each clan was known as a khan or chief.

But it was a dangerous world. The law of the land was violence. Murder, kidnapping and enslavement between clans were commonplace.

Temujin knew this well. His father, Yesugei, had kidnapped Temujin’s mother, Hoelun, soon after she had married Chiledu, a young warrior from another tribe.

Normally, men sent gifts to the parents of a putative bride before they could marry, often for several years. Genghis Khan’s father was too poor to afford such luxuries, so he simply carried off Hoelun for himself.

Hoelun gave birth to Temujin in 1162, far from her family and home. Soon after, Yesugei was killed, and the tribe cast the boy, his mother and his siblings out to die on the steppes. It was only through sheer determination that they managed to survive.

Temujin was never formally educated. He made his own way in a tough environment – and it was brutal.

For instance, when still a child, he killed his older half-brother to secure control of their family. Temujin was also later captured and enslaved by a rival tribe, the Tayichiud. Fortunately, he managed to escape by sequestering a horse and riding home.

Genghis Khan could be seen as both a genius and the victim of a smear campaign.

So how did Temujin become “Genghis Khan”?

Well, he took over the tribe and, by 1206, Temujin controlled a vast territory about the size of modern western Europe. He ruled over approximately one million people from different nomadic tribes. These he called the Yeke Mongol Ulus, or the Great Mongol Nation.

Genghis Khan’s domain was vast – almost beyond imagining.

Let’s get the basics in order first. Exactly how great was Genghis Khan’s power? It’s worth dwelling on, as the scale of his territories is hard to comprehend, even today.

Genghis Khan, together with his sons and grandsons, went to war on a massive scale. In only 25 years, the Mongol army conquered more territory and people than the Romans had done in four hundred years!

Genghis Khan established a unique code of laws to govern the empire.

So just how did Genghis Khan keep order and maintain the peace in his empire? The humane ethos behind his laws may surprise you, especially given his reputation today as a savage warlord.

In part, Genghis Khan’s laws were based upon the practices of earlier nomadic people. But this didn’t stop him junking older customs which could have hampered the workings of his empire.

Genghis Khan advocated human rights and education.

Contrary to what the stereotype of the Mongols might suggest, Genghis Khan was actually a very progressive ruler, and his descendants carried on that tradition too.

He protected the basic human rights of all his subjects, including the women!

Genghis Khan based his empire on meritocratic ideals.

In the twelfth century, it was normal for rulers to come of age in the households of the powerful. A prince would grow up in court, for example. But that wasn’t the case with Genghis Khan. He was an outsider from the start.

Consequently, it’s not surprising that Genghis created a different system. You didn't advance through the fortunate accident of your birth or through aristocratic privilege, but through loyalty and merit. How’d he set that up?

The Mongols were essential in creating what we consider modern civilization.

The Mongol territory was vast, and consequently they circulated goods and ideas from China to the emerging civilized nations in Europe.

At the time of Genghis Khan’s birth, few people in China knew much of Europe, and few in Europe knew China. Genghis’s achievement was to connect these two worlds. By the time he died in 1227, diplomatic and commercial contacts bridged this great expanse. They remain unbroken to this day.

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These blinks will make you re-examine what you thought you knew about the Mongols of the twelfth century. They’ll show you why it’s unfair to imagine them as uncivilized barbarians. Indeed, the Mongol army under Genghis Khan and his descendants brought trade, civilization and order – the Mongol Empire contributed to the making of the modern world.

Wer Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World lesen sollte

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Students of political science

Über den Autor

Jack Weatherford is a former professor of anthropology at Macalester College in Minnesota. He is also the author of Indian Givers, Native Roots, Savages and Civilization and The History of Money. He has now retired to Mongolia.

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