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How Is Genghis Khan Successful

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When Genghis Khan was born in the twelfth century, sometime in the 1160s, he was not the heir to the Mongol empire. He was not born into a family of any great importance, he was born into a simple family. So, it was quite unexpected that he would later become the leader of one of the largest empires in all of world history. His mother and siblings were abandoned by their group after his father’s death. They were a burden to the rest of the group and would struggle as a result. Regardless of his early struggles, he became a highly successful leader later in life. Those struggles and experiences could have helped to shape the man he became and influenced how he would live the rest of his life. From a young age, he had proven himself to his family …show more content…

He had committed a murder of his own half-brother before he turned sixteen years old (Weatherford, p. 24). The most important success of Genghis Kahn’s was his ability to lead an army to success and gain control of the many lands he passed through. He was skilled in the way he chose to lead his army and the techniques that he used in warfare. Genghis Kahn and the Making of the Modern World states, “At no single, crucial moment in his life did he suddenly acquire his genius at warfare, his ability to inspire the loyalty of his followers, or his unprecedented skill for organizing on a global scale. These derived not from epiphanic enlightenment or formal schooling but from a persistent cycle of pragmatic learning, experimental adaption, and constant revision by his uniquely disciplined mind and focused will (Weatherford, p. 9)” Not only his incredible ability to lead an army but his character was such a huge contributor to how successful he became. He very much used these traits of his to his army’s and his follower’s advantage. Genghis Kahn has been …show more content…

Although, it did eventually come to an end. The Mongols struggled to maintain order and control in such a large empire of people (cite source.) After the death of their leader, Genghis Khan, the empire broke up into several smaller empires. This resulted in there being four of these smaller empires in total. This division was planned before Genghis Khan’s death. He had planned to leave one empire to each of his sons. His eldest son had died around this time period, so his grandson was instead ruling one of these empires. He gave his sons advice on how to rule the empires as well, shortly before his death (cite book). He gave them all the tools and wisdom that they needed to follow in his footsteps. His son’s did not follow his advice, nor did they believe in leading the same way that their father had. His one son did not want to continue conquest, since the empire was already so huge and successful. They did not need any more supplies, other than food, since that was perishable not easily kept for long periods. His sons became greedy as well, they began using up the riches that their father had kept for so long. Genghis Khan lived much simpler of a lifestyle than his sons seemed to want to after they took control of the

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