Special mentionGenghis Khan.
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monkdagola but how do you TURN a phrase?,
Sat 10 Apr 2010, 14:10,
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A little different.Genghis ruled with his family and, whilst he was very successful against the Chin and the Arabs, he was very much a general and ruled through power.
Perhaps Jochi would be a better example - yes he died and never became Khan, but his followers wanted to follow him.
Another example from Ghengis's contemporaries might be Jelaudin, who lost his entire army of 160,000 men to Genghis and was down to his brothers and father, but after his father's death raised an army of 60,000 men which managed the only recorded defeat of Ghengis's army. Later that entire army was destroyed, with only Jelaudin himself escaping (jumping his horse off a cliff into the sea), yet he went on to raise yet another army which, although he was murdered before it arrived, overran Jerusalem and held it for almost 700 years.
(Perhaps Jochi would be a better example - yes he died and never became Khan, but his followers wanted to follow him.
Another example from Ghengis's contemporaries might be Jelaudin, who lost his entire army of 160,000 men to Genghis and was down to his brothers and father, but after his father's death raised an army of 60,000 men which managed the only recorded defeat of Ghengis's army. Later that entire army was destroyed, with only Jelaudin himself escaping (jumping his horse off a cliff into the sea), yet he went on to raise yet another army which, although he was murdered before it arrived, overran Jerusalem and held it for almost 700 years.
LordManley twitter.com/LordManley,
Sat 10 Apr 2010, 14:29,
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I've watched Mongol.I know the score.
( monkdagola but how do you TURN a phrase?,
Sat 10 Apr 2010, 14:46,
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I haven'tIs it good? I like that period a lot.
( LordManley twitter.com/LordManley,
Sat 10 Apr 2010, 17:06,
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