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GENGHIS KHAN: RISE OF A CONQUEROR

1. EXPLAIN HOW TAMUJIN’S CHILDHOOD AFFECTED HIS ADULT LIFE.

The tempestuous childhood of Genghis Khan sowed the seeds for his brutality and wanton nature that

would make him so well known. The murder of his brother only buttressed this aptness for savagery and

hastened his rapid descension into immorality and cruelty.

2. WHAT WAS THE ONE LAW OF THE STEPPES?

If a man wanted something, he took it.

3. WHAT HAPPENED TO HIS WIFE?

She was kidnapped by the Merkats.

4. HOW OLD WAS TAMUJIN WHEN HE CONQUERED THE MERKATS?

20 years old.

5. WHAT HAPPENS TO THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TAMUJIN AND JAMUKA?

Tamujin’s belief of preferment based on merit didn’t exactly jibe with Jamuka’s firm convictions on noble

birth. This incipient anger and strife querulously screamed and cried, unable to placated. Their friendship

deteriorated quickly, and Jamuka did eventually ride against his former brother.

6. WHAT DOES TAMUJIN SWEAR AFTER HE IS AMBUSHED BY JAMUKA?

He swore to wreak revenge on Jamuka.

7. WHAT WAS THE MEANING OF THE ARROW ANALOGY?

The rending and long-standing divisions of Mongolia only serve to stymie expansion and conquest. They are

much more apt for victory if united.

8. WHY DOES JAMUKA ASK TO DIE?

Perhaps he may have seen himself as a traitor. After the rout at the hands of Tamujin, the concomitant

shame and ignominy of defeat and the death of thousands of his men, Jamuka could have regarded joining

Tamujin’s ranks as something akin to treachery.

9. WHAT WAS THE IMPORTANCE OF HIS DEATH?

Mongolia was finally united.

10. WHAT TITLE WAS GIVEN TO TAMUJIN?

Genghis Khan

11. WHERE DOES GENGHIS KHAN INVADE FIRST?

China

12. WHAT WEAPONS DO THEY USE TO BREAK THE WALLS OF BEIJING?

Catapults and battering rams.

13. WHO WHEELED THE SIEGE ENGINES FORWARD? WHY?

Well aware that most of the vanguard would surely die under the torrent of arrows, Genghis Khan forced

captured enemy prisoners to wheel the siege engines forward.

14. WHAT DID HE DO TO BEIJING WHEN HE CONQUERED IT?

The Beijing citizens were despoiled of any valuables and raped by the Mongolian soldiers, which is just

terrible. Under the brays and pleas of the helpless and innocent, the city was also set alight.
15. LIST 3 WAYS HE IMPROVED THE LIVES OF HIS OWN PEOPLE.

Increased access to medicine and improved medical practices, laws were introduced and each tribe was

conferred land.

16. HOW DID THE PACKAGE CHANGE THE COURSE OF HISTORY?

The head of one of Genghis Khan’s ambassadors was enclosed within the package, executed by the Sultan. As

a result, he invaded Persia, and meted out terrible punishments to those who resisted.

17. HOW MANY PEOPLE CAN TRACE THEIR LINEAGE TO GENGHIS KHAN?

1 in 200 men

18. WHAT DID GENGHIS KHAN BELIEVE WAS HIS DESTINY?

He believed that it was his destiny to conquer the entire world.

19. WHAT STOPPED THE MONGOL INVASION OF EUROPE?

Approaching Vienna, Genghis Khan’s son died, saving Europe from defeat the Mongolians would have

inflicted otherwise.