#khagan

"It's dangerous without it."

He did more to combat global warming than any of us ever will. Between 1162 and 1227, Genghis Khan and his Mongolian armies conquered around 22% of the Earth's surface, killing as many as 40 million people. But he also cut 700 million tons of carbon emissions while doing so. By lowering the population of the world by as much as 10%, he allowed huge portions of cultivated farmland to return to their natural forested state and absorb carbon from the atmosphere.

My bloodline, though … It’s hard to love one another, when we will one day contend with each other. Love cannot exist without trust.

Also, I was inspired by @superstarfighter (on Instagram) style of drawing!

Khaalja Oronir.

On this day in 1215, Kublai Khan was born. The third son of Chinggis Khan's fourth son Tolui, he officially became Great Khan in 1264, completing the conquest of China by 1279, but due to the division of the Mongol Empire only had nominal rule over the rest of the Khanates, and the campaigns launched near the end of his -Japan, Burma, Indonesia and Vietnam- ended with failure and humiliation. After the deaths of his heir Jinggim and his favourite wife Chabi, Kublai fell into alcoholism and obesity, finally dying in 1294. For such a long life, few of his successors would reign more than a couple years and the Mongols were pushed from China in 1368.

Duva: Just wanted jewelry