Name: Things You Didn't Know About Genghis Khan
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He killed an estimated 40 million people,

he founded the Mongol Empire, he might have

Today, we're going to talk about things you

Leave us a comment, and let us know what historical figure

but there's a very good chance you've never

While most Westerners say Genghis with a hard g,

In Mongolia, the g is soft, so it's actually

But we're going to go with Genghis today, because that's

And Genghis, or to be 100% accurate, Chinghis,

So Genghis Khan means stern or fierce King.

despite what you were taught in junior high and most,

The man who would unite the Mongol tribes

was actually born to Mujin, meaning of or from iron,

Thus, if you break it down Temujin means blacksmith.

His name was said to have come from a Tatar tribesman who

had been captured and brought home by the boy's father.

The name Genghis Khan wasn't given to Temujin until 1206,

when he was 44 years old, as part of this coronation

comes from the Secret History of the Mongols.

An anonymous record of the early days of the United Konate.

According to that book, written for the Khan successors,

of the Borjigin clan, the ruling class of the Mongol tribes.

was born clutching a blood clot in his fist.

An omen and that he was destined to be a great leader.

Whether that's true is actually anyone's guess.

For someone who radically altered the world's population

Temujin's first son may not even have been his.

It all started when his father arranged a marriage for him

and delivered him at age 9 to the family of his future wife,

in order to cement alliances between the Onggirat

On his way home after delivering his son to the Bortes,

Temujin's father ran into the neighboring Tatars,

When young Temujin heard about his father's death

by poisoning, he returned home to claim his position

as tribe's chief, but they denied the kid

and abandoned his family leaving them without protection.

After several years of hardship and in slavery,

Temujin finally married Borte, but the bad news kept coming.

was kidnapped by the Merkit, a rival tribe,

and she was reportedly given away as a wife.

The timeline of Jochi's birth was iffy at best.

Was Jochi Temujin's legitimate firstborn son or was

Borte impregnated when she was kidnapped?

It's something we'll probably never know.

But Jochi grew up to become a great military leader

nonetheless, even though he was excluded from Genghis's line

We know of Jochi, the son who may or may not

We also know of eight other sons and daughters

not the extent of Genghis's offspring, not by a long shot.

a number of other wives, far too many to name here.

While many of these women were taken as war trophies, at least

one woman, Princess Qiguo was married to Genghis Khan

as a gift of sorts, in exchange for relieving the Mongol

In short, it's uncertain which if any of these marriages

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