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166. Genghis Khan: Lord of the Mongols

The Rest Is History

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The Mongol Empire, You Know?

The mongol empire is in the process of formation. It's basically, you know, those are tribal confederacies or the very so but it is an empire. The people living in a given town would have said that the overlords were from mongolia. They're not actually into persia proper and theyne not into southern china. There aren't really any sort of imperial structures of government. I mean, there isn't. But for me, it's extraordinary case where nomadic peoples with a carasmatic leader politically able to organize themselves as well as being able to go vast distances. And when wend jingiskan dies, s he's conquered

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