Pax Mongolica: Genghis Khan & Kublai Khan
Conflicted: A History Podcast
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Jengis Khan - The Great King of Mongolia
After witnessing a lifetime of pointless killing and petty back stabbing on the mongolian steps, timuchin, now jengis khan, used those experiences to inform a new code of laws. He completely restructured mongol society and enacted a judicial system that was surprisingly humanitarian for its time. For centuries, women had been kidnapped and sold like cattle, often as children. Jengu's own mother had suffered in this way, and he decided that none of his five daughters, nor any daughter of mongolia, should have to endure that.
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