Genghis Khan
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Genghis Khan
Supreme Khan of the Mongols
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Genghis Khan as portrayed in a 14th-century Yuan era album.
Reign Spring 1206 – August 1227
Coronation Spring 1206 in khurultai at the Onon River, Mongolia
Full name
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Genghis Khan
Mongol: Чингис хаан
Chinggis Khaan
Mongol script (right):
Chinggis Khagan[note 1]
Titles Khan, Khagan
Temple name: 元太祖 (pinyin: Yuán Tàizǔ; Wade–Giles: Yüan2 T'ai4
Man, foul as the stuff he did was, he had some interesting quotes attributed to him. I always liked:
“I am the punishment of God...If you had not committed great sins, God would not have sent a punishment like me upon you.”
“The greatest happiness is to scatter your enemy, to drive him before you, to see his cities reduced to ashes, to see those who love him shrouded in tears, and to gather into your bosom his wives and daughters.”
