He was born around 1162. ย His name Temรผjin (meaning Iron or Blacksmith), the son of a chief within a nomadic tribe in Mongolia. ย At age 9, his father took him on a trip to select a girl as his future wife. ย But on their journey, they were betrayed by a rival faction, his father killed by poison. ย And for the next 20 + years of his life, Temujin endured much hardship and betrayal, as his own tribe abandoned him. ย His enemies tortured him, starved him, bound him into slavery by wooden collar, tried to kill him (unsuccessfully), and even gifted his wife to another man as a spoil of war.
And within that time period, Temรผjin repeatedly escaped bondage (only to be recaptured several times), learned to hunt/forage to survive in the wild, and trained himself to fight & kill. ย And gradually he became stronger, becoming a brutal & ruthless warrior who rarely ever left a score unsettled by death (and eventually rescued his wife).
And as he grew older he became wiser/more open minded, for after having endured so much betrayal, he was tolerant of different religions, valuing more the spirit in each man's soul, believing in meritocracy, as opposed to favoritism. ย And in doing so, he united faiths across the land, inspiring deep loyalty in men, turning enemies into friends, friends into warriors, warriors into tribes, tribes into a vast army over 250,000 strong. ย
By 1206, Temรผjin was appointed Supreme Ruler of the Mongolian Empire and rode across northern Asia, capturing walled cities and castles, sometimes never attacking them, but rather by surrounding and starving them out till ย surrender (tactics outlined in "The Art of War"). ย And with each new territory conquered, Temรผjin generously bestowed the newfound riches to his people and not so much himself, for his main objective was to challenge and conquer other empires.
But let's not sugar coat history, during his reign historians estimate Temรผjin was responsible for the deaths of up to 40 million people. ย His reputation invoked so much fear that cities would often surrender immediately upon his arrival. ย And so brutal were his methods that 20th Century Soviet historians suppressed his history, merely describing him as a merciless, barbarian monster.
But when Russian Filmmaker Sergei Bodrov set out to make a film about Temรผjin's life, he "started to get suspicious. ย I found just an amazing, great, childhood story. ย He was orphan. He suffered a lot, he was a slave, he was the under dog. ย And there was an amazing love story. ย And there was something wrong with this interpretation."
At his death in 1227, Temรผjin conquered twice as much land than any other person in world history, bringing Eastern and Western civilizations into contact in the process.
In 2007, Sergei Bodrov's film about Temรผjin was released. ย
It was called "๐ ๐ผ๐ป๐ด๐ผ๐น: ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ด๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป".
"๐ฟ๐ค ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฉ ๐จ๐๐ค๐ง๐ฃ ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ ๐๐ช๐; ๐๐ ๐ข๐๐ฎ ๐๐๐๐ค๐ข๐ ๐ ๐๐ง๐ช๐ฉ๐๐ก ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ง." ~ ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐๐ค๐ก๐๐๐ฃ ๐๐ง๐ค๐ซ๐๐ง๐ (๐ฉ๐๐๐ก๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐ก๐ข "๐๐ค๐ฃ๐๐ค๐ก")
๐๐๐๐ if you are a Mongol Warrior, who believes in Genghis Khan's motto โ๐๐๐๐ง๐ ๐๐จ ๐ฃ๐ค ๐ซ๐๐ก๐ช๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ช๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ก ๐๐ฉ ๐๐จ ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐จ๐๐๐.โ
๐ฆ๐๐๐ฅ๐ this to your enemy as your army surrounds their castleโฆโ๐ ๐๐ข ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฃ๐๐จ๐๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐ค๐ ๐๐ค๐...๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐๐๐ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฉ ๐๐ค๐ข๐ข๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฉ ๐จ๐๐ฃ๐จ, ๐๐ค๐ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ช๐ก๐ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฉ ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐จ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฃ๐๐จ๐๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐ก๐๐ ๐ ๐ข๐ ๐ช๐ฅ๐ค๐ฃ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช.โ ~ ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐๐จ ๐๐๐๐ฃ
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