He was born around 1162. His name Temüjin (meaning Iron or Blacksmith), the son of a chief within a nomadic tribe in Mongolia. At age 9, his father took him on a trip to select a girl as his future wife. But on their journey, they were betrayed by a rival faction, his father killed by poison. And for the next 20 + years of his life, Temujin endured much hardship and betrayal, as his own tribe abandoned him. His enemies tortured him, starved him, bound him into slavery by wooden collar, tried to kill him (unsuccessfully), and even gifted his wife to another man as a spoil of war.
And within that time period, Temüjin repeatedly escaped bondage (only to be recaptured several times), learned to hunt/forage to survive in the wild, and trained himself to fight & kill. And gradually he became stronger, becoming a brutal & ruthless warrior who rarely ever left a score unsettled by death (and eventually rescued his wife).
And as he grew older he became wiser/more open minded, for after having endured so much betrayal, he was tolerant of different religions, valuing more the spirit in each man's soul, believing in meritocracy, as opposed to favoritism. And in doing so, he united faiths across the land, inspiring deep loyalty in men, turning enemies into friends, friends into warriors, warriors into tribes, tribes into a vast army over 250,000 strong.
By 1206, Temüjin was appointed Supreme Ruler of the Mongolian Empire and rode across northern Asia, capturing walled cities and castles, sometimes never attacking them, but rather by surrounding and starving them out till surrender (tactics outlined in "The Art of War"). And with each new territory conquered, Temüjin generously bestowed the newfound riches to his people and not so much himself, for his main objective was to challenge and conquer other empires.
But let's not sugar coat history, during his reign historians estimate Temüjin was responsible for the deaths of up to 40 million people. His reputation invoked so much fear that cities would often surrender immediately upon his arrival. And so brutal were his methods that 20th Century Soviet historians suppressed his history, merely describing him as a merciless, barbarian monster.
But when Russian Filmmaker Sergei Bodrov set out to make a film about Temüjin's life, he "started to get suspicious. I found just an amazing, great, childhood story. He was orphan. He suffered a lot, he was a slave, he was the under dog. And there was an amazing love story. And there was something wrong with this interpretation."
At his death in 1227, Temüjin conquered twice as much land than any other person in world history, bringing Eastern and Western civilizations into contact in the process.
In 2007, Sergei Bodrov's film about Temüjin was released.
It was called "𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗼𝗹: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗞𝗵𝗮𝗻".
"𝘿𝙤 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙨𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙣 𝙖 𝙬𝙚𝙖𝙠 𝙘𝙪𝙗; 𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙮 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙖 𝙗𝙧𝙪𝙩𝙖𝙡 𝙩𝙞𝙜𝙚𝙧." ~ 𝙈𝙤𝙣𝙜𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙖𝙣 𝙋𝙧𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙗 (𝙩𝙖𝙜𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙞𝙡𝙢 "𝙈𝙤𝙣𝙜𝙤𝙡")
𝙇𝙄𝙆𝙀 if you are a Mongol Warrior, who believes in Genghis Khan's motto “𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙣𝙤 𝙫𝙖𝙡𝙪𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙡 𝙞𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙨𝙝𝙚𝙙.”
𝗦𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗘 this to your enemy as your army surrounds their castle…“𝙄 𝙖𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙨𝙝𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙂𝙤𝙙...𝙄𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙞𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩 𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙨, 𝙂𝙤𝙙 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙖 𝙥𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙨𝙝𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙢𝙚 𝙪𝙥𝙤𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪.” ~ 𝙂𝙚𝙣𝙜𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙆𝙝𝙖𝙣
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