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    Introduction A set out on a longest journey for a Chinese Buddhist named Xuanzang and did the journey. He traveled by land, west on the silk Road across the Central Asia before turning south to india. His goal was to spread the Buddhist learning and forming India and China closer ties. He traveled through dangerous ways, like Gobi Desert and Tian Shan Mountains that he nearly die of thirst. In India, Xuanzang studied with Buddhist monks and visited sacred buddhist sites. At the time, China

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    The Mongolian Empire is the greatest in the world “It is not sufficient that I succeed- all others must fail,” said Genghis Khan the greatest ruler of the Mongolian Empire. The Mongol Empire was said to be one of the greatest in many charts and studies have even shown this throughout history. Even though the Mongolian Empire didn’t last the longest time it still achieved many things in their time. It was one of the biggest empires in terms of the land size. It stretched from Korea and China in

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    The Rise and Impact of Genghis Khan Genghis Khan was a relentless Mongolian warrior who attacked all who spoke against him. He united nomadic tribes, and defeated great empires, all of which led to the creation one of the world’s largest empires spanning the Asian continent from Peking, China, to the Caspian Sea and had an area of nearly twelve million square miles. To know anything about Genghis Khan, one must have prior knowledge about the Mongols. The Mongols were ruthless people who seemed

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    In the early 13th Century an impressive and terrifying force was spreading over half the known world. Atop the backs of horses the Mongols brought down large empires with their military conquest and innovative conquest. The Mongolians started their empire as a collection of nomadic tribes struggling for supremacy. Little did they know but major kingdoms across the world were about to experience a dark age. Over the course of the Mongolian conquest the innovation in war, commerce, and diplomatic circles

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    responded with "Polo" as they called for him with "Marco!" Marco’s early life began without him know much about his dad, who was also a traveller, and his journeys revolved mostly on his journeys to Dadu and his life there, such as, his time serving the Khan or he Journeys around China and his return home. Upon Marco’s return from his journeys he released a book about his journeys, but many critics claimed this was a fools tale, a false journey that he developed as he rotted away within the Genoan Prison

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    Founded and ruled by Genghis Khan, the Mongol Empire, became known as the largest contiguous empire in history because it 's land stretched throughout Southeast Asia and to Eastern Europe. Established in the 13th century in 1206 CE, the empire grew rapidly connecting most of Eurasia establishing trade routes and passing ideologies through 14 million square miles. Genghis Khan was instrumental to the formation of the empire bringing the rest of the world under “one sward”. It was Khan’s genius mind

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    Genghis Khan had formed, many other empires were influenced by the Mongols and tried to incorporate many aspects of the Mongol Empire into their own. The empires that modeled after the Mongol Empire contributed to the image of Genghis Khan and the Mongols. Timur, a ruler in central Asia, and Montesquieu, a French philosopher, changed the image of Genghis Khan and the Mongols into one of subhuman barbarians for modern Europeans. Timur’s inhumane practices during his reign made Genghis Khan appear cruel

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    trade are prominent factors which contribute to the rise of civilizations. Superior leadership primarily plays a role in the rise of civilizations. The Mongol empire thrived and prospered due to Genghis Khan, a strategic commander in war. Though the Mongol Empire existed before, but Genghis Khan regenerated the empire to become the largest and most complex. His reputation was seen as fearful, courageous, and powerful which was evident in the triumph of his battles. Examples of his military tactics

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    empires. Alexander the Great leader of The Macedonian Empire that stood for 13 years. In contrast to Genghis Khan’s Mongol empire which began in 1206, and fell in 1368. Although difficult to compare to men and empires form totally different eras, Genghis Khan had a bigger impact on the world with his empire. In order to fully examine both empires in areas other than biographical. The focus in comparison will be in the following areas: rise to power, enemies, size of forces, terrain, empire duration, prosperity

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    Heroism of Genghis Khan The movie Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan is a semi-historical film that describes about the early life of Temujin, who later came to be known as Genghis Khan. Likewise, the movie shows brief of his childhood and how he became the Great Khan, but it ends when Temujin finally became Genghis Khan. First scene begins in 1192 ("Year of the Black Rat") with Temujin as a prisoner in the Tangut kingdom, then it flashed back all the way to his childhood. In the first flashback

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