Man’s greatest good fortune is to chase and defeat his enemy, seize all his possessions, leave his married women weeping and wailing, ride his gelding, use the bodies of his women as night-shirts and supports, gazing upon and kissing their rosy breasts, sucking their lips which are as sweet as the berries of their breasts. Being twelfth-century Mongols, they told him it was falconry. Genghis had been out riding with his general Boorchu and other comrades in arms and had asked them what they considered to be man’s greatest happiness. Writing half a century after Genghis’s death, the Arabic historian Rashid ad-Din tells the following story about the Mongol conqueror. Select the quantity of the product you desire and click the "Add" button.FOR A MAN who was believed to set the greatest store by divine guidance and to live his life according to the dictates of Eternal Heaven, Genghis Khan apparently had rather earthy preoccupations. Read Less Below is a list of products arranged by condition. For in legend, ritual and controversy, Genghis lives on.
He is the first writer to explore the hidden valley where Genghis may have died, and one of the few westerners to climb the sacred mountain where he was probably buried.The result in an account of the man himself and of the passions that surround him today. John Man uses first-hand experiences to reveal the khan's enduring influence. Yet in his homeland, Mongols revere him as the nation's father Chinese honour him as dynastic founder and in both countries, worshippers seek his blessing.This book is more than just an account of Genghis' rise and conquests. To Muslims, Russians and Europeans, he is a mass-murderer. His undiscovered grave, with its imagined treasures, remains the subject of intrigue and speculation.Today, Genghis is by turns scourge, hero and demi-god. His mysterious death in 1227 placed all at risk, so it was kept a secret until his heirs had secured his conquests. Genghis Khan is one of history's immortals: a leader of genius and the founder of the world's greatest land empire - twice the size of Rome's.
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