Genghis Khan Quotes

“I break my word, then let me be as the water of the river.” —Genghis Khan”
― Henry Freeman, Genghis Khan: A Life from Beginning to End

“Over the next ten years, more and more families and clans began to align themselves with the rising leader.”
― Henry Freeman, Genghis Khan: A Life from Beginning to End

“Some of this news made its way to unfriendly ears.”
― Henry Freeman, Genghis Khan: A Life from Beginning to End

“giggling and laughing”
― Henry Freeman, Genghis Khan: A Life From Beginning To End

“marauders.”
― Henry Freeman, Genghis Khan: A Life From Beginning To End

“only one answer to that question: Genghis Khan.”
― Henry Freeman, Genghis Khan: A Life From Beginning To End

“paved the way for his grandson Kublai to conquer more of China and establish the Yuan dynasty,”
― Henry Freeman, Genghis Khan: A Life from Beginning to End

“writers of history exaggerated the records of Genghis’ brutality and downplayed positive attributes”
― Henry Freeman, Genghis Khan: A Life from Beginning to End

“sentiment that especially saw resurgence after the country’s departure from communism in the 1990s.”
― Henry Freeman, Genghis Khan: A Life from Beginning to End

“Mongolia continues to revere Genghis for his ability to bring unity”
― Henry Freeman, Genghis Khan: A Life from Beginning to End

“Mongols were stopped from invading Japan only by terrible storms that crippled their ships.”
― Henry Freeman, Genghis Khan: A Life from Beginning to End

“Mongol territory stretched from modern Turkey into Russia and Poland and eastwards to China and Korea.”
― Henry Freeman, Genghis Khan: A Life from Beginning to End

“the next 70 years, under the rule of Genghis’ son and his grandson, Kublai Khan, the size of the Mongol Empire doubled.”
― Henry Freeman, Genghis Khan: A Life from Beginning to End

“small indicator pointing to the continuing legacy of Genghis’ life.”
― Henry Freeman, Genghis Khan: A Life from Beginning to End

“this story seems unlikely, the debate over his final resting place”
― Henry Freeman, Genghis Khan: A Life from Beginning to End

“Arabic historian and Marco Polo claiming that all who saw the body of Genghis Khan had been immediately killed.”
― Henry Freeman, Genghis Khan: A Life from Beginning to End

“one in China and one in Mongolia.”
― Henry Freeman, Genghis Khan: A Life from Beginning to End

“Two places claim to be the resting place of the famous leader’s remains”
― Henry Freeman, Genghis Khan: A Life from Beginning to End

“The location of Genghis’ grave, like the details of his death, is uncertain.”
― Henry Freeman, Genghis Khan: A Life from Beginning to End

“generally only familiar to scholars and specialists today.”
― Henry Freeman, Genghis Khan: A Life from Beginning to End

“Mongols destroyed the country, obliterating it so fully”
― Henry Freeman, Genghis Khan: A Life from Beginning to End

“promise to make Western Xia pay for their treachery was fulfilled”
― Henry Freeman, Genghis Khan: A Life from Beginning to End

“The Secret History records only that Genghis “ascended to heaven”
― Henry Freeman, Genghis Khan: A Life from Beginning to End

“any case, the Emperor Xian was executed despite his gifts.”
― Henry Freeman, Genghis Khan: A Life from Beginning to End

“but there is also a definite possibility Genghis Khan was already dead.”
― Henry Freeman, Genghis Khan: A Life from Beginning to End

“the emperor was not admitted to Genghis’ tent. The official explanation was that Genghis was not well”
― Henry Freeman, Genghis Khan: A Life from Beginning to End

“the time came for the Tangut emperor to offer his gifts to Genghis”
― Henry Freeman, Genghis Khan: A Life from Beginning to End

“left his men with the command to annihilate the Tanguts and perhaps also gave them a plan for continuing the fight against Jin.”
― Henry Freeman, Genghis Khan: A Life from Beginning to End

“One Chinese source records that even on his deathbed, Genghis still strategized,”
― Henry Freeman, Genghis Khan: A Life from Beginning to End

“They hid the severity of his illness from everyone else.”
― Henry Freeman, Genghis Khan: A Life from Beginning to End