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Genghis Khan
Now with a larger following and the help of Togrul and the Chin (a large civilization in northern China), Temuchin was able to defeat the Tartars and avenge his fathers death (Nicolle 18). Temuchin continued to build power by removing rivals (Nicolle 18-19). Deals were struck with most Mongol chieftains giving them leadership roles and wives (Humphrey 47). These chiefs who would not serve under other chiefs were willing to serve under the dominating Temuchin (Humphrey 47). Eventually Jamuga became Temuchins primary rival allying with Temuchins enemies in a series of campaigns which came to include even Togrul and the Kereits (Nicolle 19). Using superior political and military skill, Temuchin defeated and integrated all opposing Mongol tribes (Marshall 28-32). By 1206 Temuchin led more than two million people and ruled land stretching a 1000 miles from west to east and 600 miles from Siberia in the north to the Gobi Desert in the south (Humphrey 57, 63). Temuchins followers, while still nomadic, were now united behind their leader and considered themselves one nation of Mongols (Humphrey 59). Temuchin took the name Genghis which appropriately meant universal leader (USA Today 1). Having created a nation Genghis now looked to build an empire (Humphrey 77-78). During his lifetime Genghis conquered Hsi Hsia a southwestern border country of Mongolia, the Chin empire of north China, and (after being provoked by the massacre of a trade caravan and subsequent murder of his ambassador) the medieval Muslim kingdom of Khwarezm (Marshall 42-57). Genghis was able to consistently defeat larger forces by using ruthless military strategies which are well-known and innovative military strategies which should be well known (Marshall 37-57). Genghis highly disciplined troops were equally capable of slaughtering civilians whose armies refused to surrender and mastering the advanced methods required to capture fortified cities (Humphrey 82-83). Well supplied and constantly drilled in war games, the Mongolian men were always prepared for war (Humphrey 68). In the field of battle Genghis maintained close communications with commanders using swift "arrow messengers, signal flags, and fire (Humphrey 79-78). The entire army moved and attacked on horseback and there were always one or two fresh horses available for each man (Humphrey 65). Combined with other tactics, the incredible mobility of Genghis forces (which was probably not matched until the German blitzkrieg of WWII) always gave him the advantage of surprise (Humphrey 67-68). The History of Mongolia Most of the Western world views Genghis Khan as a simple savage who overwhelmed others by brute force (Marshall 64). However, Genghis was a cunning warrior, a superb motivator, an organized leader, and a wise ruler who valued loyalty, education, strict laws, and the exchange of knowledge and goods with other cultures. Genghis created Mongolia and established an empire that reached from the Pacific Ocean to the Black Sea and from Siberia to Tibet (USA Today 1). Genghis died in 1227 but the structure and tradition the great leader established did not (Nicolle 46-47). Descendants were well positioned to expand Genghis Khans Mongol Empire from the Pacific to the Danube and from Siberia to the Indian Ocean, an area in which half the population of the world then lived (Humphrey 107). It took a genius, not a savage, to accomplish this. The Mongolian Empire. Bibliography Humphrey, Judy. Genghis Khan. New York: Chelsea House of Publishers, 1987. Lister, R.P. Genghis Khan. New York: Dorset Press, 1969. Marshall, Robert. Storm from the East. Berkely: University of California Press, 1952. Nicolle, David. The Mongol Warlords. United Kingdom: Firebird Books, 1990. "The Historical Mongol Empire." Genghis Khan. 19pars. Online. Internet. 20 March 1998. Available: http.//www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum/2532/page2.html. "Treasures from Inner Mongolia." USA Today Magazine May 1994. 15pars. Online EBSCOHost. 10 March 1998. |
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To: HopeandGlory
She'll have your guts for gartersHope I didn't know you had it in ya! LOL
To: All
Help on the way: Indonesian navy sailors load boxes of supplies bound for tsunami-ravaged Banda Aceh into a container ship in Jakarta. Nearly a half million survivors of the disaster in Sumatra are homeless and lack clean drinking water.
782
posted on
01/11/2005 7:40:52 PM PST
by
Kathy in Alaska
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To: bentfeather
Be right back. Gonna go start my car.
783
posted on
01/11/2005 7:43:42 PM PST
by
Kathy in Alaska
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To: Kathy in Alaska
Ok, wishing you luck now! Where did everybody go??
784
posted on
01/11/2005 7:45:23 PM PST
by
GummyIII
(Time for a tagline change....and I don't know if I have any clean!)
To: GummyIII
Here Gummy, lurkin', waiting for a song to load.
785
posted on
01/11/2005 7:47:47 PM PST
by
uncleshag
(God Bless Our Troops.)
To: uncleshag
Did you get that one I posted to play? I can convert it, I think....want me to try?
786
posted on
01/11/2005 7:48:31 PM PST
by
GummyIII
(Time for a tagline change....and I don't know if I have any clean!)
To: E.G.C.; All
"Folks, I've just fnished downloading and installing this month's critical updates from Microsoft. Be sure to download them when they arrive."
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No offense meant; ok? But that's when my troubles started! I did that too, in June, 2004. AACK! Windows update. I haven't done it since June, 2004. Microsoft Windows ain't no friend to folks who use XP Pro. It took me months to get stuff working again.
Once I quit using IE and started with FireFox, things are pretty much ok now.
Good luck with that. Download a different browser, like Firefox. Forget IE. Just my $.02,
787
posted on
01/11/2005 7:49:04 PM PST
by
JLO
To: Mudboy Slim; Common Tator
"...the White House spokesman did not dispute the validity of the documents. The documents were not challenged by the White House. ..."
Is it possible that CBS And Rather got Bush Whacked.
Perhaps the current occupant of the White House simply has too much class and responding to this BS would simply be legitimizing the retards who pretend to be journalists.
788
posted on
01/11/2005 7:51:17 PM PST
by
Radix
(Post Tag Lines: the breakfast of FReepers.)
To: GummyIII; bentfeather
I'm back!! It didn't really want to turn over, but it did the first time. It's cold out there.
789
posted on
01/11/2005 7:55:31 PM PST
by
Kathy in Alaska
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To: GummyIII
Well, if you wouldn't mind.
I'd like to check it out while waiting on a 7mb file from a dial-up in Rochester.
790
posted on
01/11/2005 7:55:33 PM PST
by
uncleshag
(God Bless Our Troops.)
To: AZamericonnie
Yup!!! . . . It's just like I used to tell my boys . . . "straighten and up and fly right boys . . . because you won't like me when I'm angry." . . . Bwaaaa!!! . . . you've got to get your bluff in early on the little heathens. Miss Connie . . . I guess I did something right . . . the oldest is a Policeman in my home town and when they were vetting him for the force, they couldn't believe how straight he was . . . and the youngest is voluntarily serving in Afghanistan.
791
posted on
01/11/2005 7:56:03 PM PST
by
HopeandGlory
(Hey, Liberals . . . PC died on 9/11 . . . GET USED TO IT!!!)
To: Kathy in Alaska
Yea! Good to have a Die Hard!
792
posted on
01/11/2005 7:56:52 PM PST
by
uncleshag
(God Bless Our Troops.)
To: HopeandGlory
Hurrah for Hope's son!!
793
posted on
01/11/2005 7:59:54 PM PST
by
Kathy in Alaska
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To: uncleshag; All
Pitching in: Israeli tourist-turned-volunteer Ofer Smilansky waits to be handed soggy school books during the cleanup of a tsunami-damaged school in Nagapattinam, India. The texts were laid out in the sun to dry.
Thank goodness India wasn't as stupid as Sri Lanka.
794
posted on
01/11/2005 8:02:07 PM PST
by
Kathy in Alaska
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To: HopeandGlory
Wow Hope. A first responder & a soldier! You done sumpin' right! You must be bery proud. I forgot to bluff my little heathen! LOL
To: Kathy in Alaska
Kids are down - I think! LOL! So what'd I miss??
796
posted on
01/11/2005 8:03:09 PM PST
by
StarCMC
(It's God's job to forgive Bin Laden; it's our job to arrange the meeting.)
To: All
That tickles: A Tibetan Buddhist monk massages 8-year-old Sangeeta's foot to relax her and ease her trauma at a relief center in Nagapattinam. Sangeeta lost her father and her home in the Dec. 26 tsunami.
Everyone is helping.
797
posted on
01/11/2005 8:03:57 PM PST
by
Kathy in Alaska
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To: StarCMC
My car started first time. I'll be on my way home shortly. LOL!
798
posted on
01/11/2005 8:05:02 PM PST
by
Kathy in Alaska
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To: Kathy in Alaska
Yes Ma'am.
Offers for help should be gladly accepted
in the present as well as the future.
No matter the source.
799
posted on
01/11/2005 8:06:05 PM PST
by
uncleshag
(God Bless Our Troops.)
To: uncleshag; radu; All
Lifeline for a feline: A Humane Society volunteer cradles a stray cat on the resort island of Phi Phi, southern Thailand. Hundreds of cats have been rescued since the island was devastated by the tsunami.
800
posted on
01/11/2005 8:06:05 PM PST
by
Kathy in Alaska
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