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Genghis Khan Part 2: Rise of the Mongols

Real Dictators

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Ching-Gas Khan's Legacy

Ching-Gas Khan's empire extends through Mongolia, China, the Middle East, Central Asia and as far west as the Caspian Sea. Christians, Muslims, Taoists, and Buddhists all received tax exemptions, received property, or they received favor. Jews, mannequians, Zoroastrians did not. And largely it's because they didn't have the numbers or the political influence to really carry much weight. Western Europe begins to quake at the prospect of this little understood enemy coming for them. But such is the wealth and opportunity on offer in China and the Muslim world that Europe holds limited appeal.

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