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Https://archaeology-world.com/ website reported on August 21 that road construction workers in Mongolia's Kent province accidentally found a huge tomb while working near the Onen River (known in ancient times as the Hunan River). The tomb is made of stone and has a huge volume, and dozens of human remains have been found outside the tomb. Some people think that this may be the tomb of Genghis Khan. Specific information has yet to be identified and released by authoritative institutions.
Genghis Khan
The news release brought the name of the founder of the Mongol Empire, who led the Mongol army across Eurasia a thousand years ago and directly ruled an area of 33 million square kilometers, to the public eye again.
He rose rapidly at the source of the Hunan River, relying on an army of 100,000 people, and recently defeated the large countries of Western Xia, Western Liao, Huazhizimo and Jin Dynasty with millions or even tens of millions of people, and as far as Central Asia, West Asia, and Eastern Europe.
Although in Qinyuan Spring and Snow, Genghis Khan (1162-1227 AD) is described as a mangy man who only knows how to bend the bow and shoot large eagles, but as the founder of a super empire, he is by no means idle. His original name was BoerJin Temujin, and his honorific title was "Genghis Khan", which means "the great chief with the four sides of the sea". Probably in order to live up to this honorific title, his life is a magnificent epic
In 1162 AD, a baby boy with a blood clot in his hand was born in the camp of the Mongolian steppe beggars, he was the steppe hero Genghis Khan who later changed the direction of world history, Genghis Khan was the eldest son of the Mongolian beggars and the beautiful woman Ko Erlun of the Hongjira tribe, on the day he was born, his father should also have just returned from the victory of the war with the Tatars, and he should have captured a leader of the Tatars, whose name was Temujin, in order to commemorate his military achievements, he should also quickly name his eldest son Temujin. Temujin, who was born with a blood clot in his hand, is destined to hold the Sulu nail spear for the rest of his life until he is killed in battle.
At the age of 9, the various tribes of the steppe fought endlessly for pastures, water, and sexual animals, and his father was poisoned by the Tatars on the way to court him.
And his uncle Taichi Wubu took advantage of the fire and looted the people and livestock of the Beggar Tribe, causing his family to fall from the status of tribal leader into the abyss of suffering at once, planting the seeds of hatred in the young Temujin.
Even more tragically, at the age of 18, the former enemy of the Beggars Department snatched his wife again. Perhaps suffering is really a good medicine, Temujin continues to grow his power in the steppe, and begins to seek revenge on the enemy who killed his father.
After years of conquest and alliance, he defeated Zamuhe, Wang Han, and the Western powers Naiman, and ordered people to create Mongolian in Uighur script.
Coupled with his adept at using the power of religion, through shamanic shamans, he made the Mongols believe that he was the leader of the steppe who was loved by the Immortal Heaven and could "rely on the strength of the Immortal Heaven". In this way, under the leadership of Temujin, the small universe of the Mongols exploded.
In the spring of 1206, Temujin unified the steppes and established the Great Mongol State, unveiling the curtain on the Mongol Iron Horse's conquest of the world. Soon, his eldest son, Shuchi, surrendered to the forests of Southern Siberia.
By the end of the 12th century and the beginning of the 13th century, the cavalry units created by Genghis Khan and continued by his descendants had expanded dramatically, and the empire was unprecedentedly large.
How large was the Mongol Empire? It was the heyday of an empire that set a record for the largest neighboring state in human history, with territories stretching from Vietnam to Jaly: east to the Pacific Ocean, north to the Arctic Ocean, west to Hungary, south to the South China Sea, and ruling an area of 33 million square kilometers. What is the concept of this data? It is about 22% of the world's land area, 1.5 times that of the Soviet Union in the 20th century and 1.9 times that of russia today.
The predecessor of the Mongol Empire set off the "Yellow Peril" that made Europe tremble, completely defeated Russia (collectively), and ruled Eastern Europe for two hundred years. After three generations of praisers and half a century of journey, the iron hooves of the Mongol Empire swept through Europe and Asia, and the ancient world is unique! And all this stems from a vow made by the young Temujin: "I will surrender the world to my feet!"
If it is only a simple hardship and military superiority, it seems that any nomadic people can build such an unprecedented empire. But in reality, only the Mongols did. The deep reasons that distinguish the two are also rooted in the system.
First, the legal dominion of the Golden Family (Genghis Khan and his descendants) over Mongolia was successfully established, making the idea that only the Golden Family could be called Khan for a long time unbreakable in the minds of Asian nomads.
Golden Family Tree
After Temujin unified the tribes of the Mongolian plateau, in the spring of the second year of the Song Dynasty (Jin Taihe, 1206), at the source of the Nan River (present-day Onnen River), the "Khural" (Mongolian: Khural, meaning "great gathering") was held to assemble the Mongol nobles. It is said that the shaman of the Hoang Hoan Tan clan , Kukuo Chu ( " Thebtengiri " , meaning " spokesperson of the heavens " ) said: "Now the monarchs of the nations on earth called Guerhan have been conquered by you, and their territories are under your rule, so you should also have the honorific title of Khan of the whole world." By the will of Heaven, your title shall be Genghis Khan. So the kings and courtiers gave Temujin the honorific title of "Činggis Qaγan" (translated as "Qingjisi", meaning "Khan with the four sides of the sea", and the other meaning "terrible" and "strong"). Subsequently, Temujin built the Nine White Dragons, taking the name of the tribe as the name of the country, called "Great Mongolian State" (Mongolian Ullus)
Contemporary paintings of the Nine Whites
After Temujin ascended the throne, he implemented the system of a thousand households integrating military and government, expanded the Chinese army to guard the Xue Army, and established a guard army belonging to the Great Khan; Yehe Zasag was promulgated, the world's first and most widely used written code.
However, the rise of a super-empire is destined to cause them many problems themselves. Even if the empire later split into several khanates and an East Asian empire that was gradually Sinicized, it was still impossible to avoid the fate of eventual disintegration.