The Legacy of Ganghes Khan

The Legacy of Genghis Khan

Genghis Khan was born sometime in 1162 in Mongolia; his father named him Temujin after his admired enemy, Khan was born with a clot of blood in his hand which was translated as a premonition for a leader. His father was poisoned and eventually died before he even showed Khan the ropes cause then he was only nine.

Death of his father forisfamiliated him because his kinsmen abandoned them to run away from responsibility so he became the family’s bread winner, his mother inspired him to stand up as a man and one of the famous lessons she taught him was always to stand as a unit, she displayed it by breaking an arrow on top of his head and then gave him a bunch of arrows to break, this, later won him a lot of allies as well as battles.

Khan was a man of action, ironically, the first blood that Khan Shed was that of his half brother by the name of Bekhter, the crime he committed was that he stole Khan’s fish and without giving it a second thought, Khan drew his bow and arrow, and struck him in the chest, killing him instantly.

At the age of sixteen, Khan was already married to Borte, one night Khan’s clan was raided by their rival tribe’s men killing several men and captured women, Borte was one of the victims falling under the siege, it is believed that Khan fled with other men instead of standing up to fight for his wife so that he could regroup, retrain and mount an attack to rescue his wife and all the captives later, with the help of Ong Khan of Borte’s clan and Jamuka his blood brother, Khan reigned havoc at the tribal clan that captured his wife and vigilantly defeated her captors and reclaimed her, completely destroyed the clan and looted all their possessions, afterwards this battle was the initial ...

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...he dubious fact that his wife Borte bore him soon after her captivity, his other children refused to recognize him as an heir to Khan’s throne.

Who can dispute the fact that Genghis Khan was one of the most extraordinarily exceptional leader and warrior, who grew up in the violent and unpredictable outskirts of Mongolia, yet had the drive and intelligence to unite all Mongolian tribes, so ruthless yet so wise that for those who rubbed him the wrong way, perished and those that submitted to his power, he embraced and accepted them into his Empire. He may be remembered by some as brutal and blood thirsty, but this was the man though uneducated, introduced the very first visual writing, accredited to the present military organizations, tactics and strategy. Most importantly, united the west from the east, thus, blossoming trade. This is no other than a true legend.