Monday, September 7, 2009

Genghis Khan the GREAT

Genghis khan was the founder of the Mongol empire, which was the largest continuous land empire in the history of the world.

He was the son of a Tribal chief in Mongol. He came into power at a young age by inheriting the position from his father. What is interesting is that, on acquiring power, he spent nearly two-thirds (i.e. 75 percent- 5 decades) of his life span, in just uniting the various tribes in Mongolia to accept his leadership.

Once the task of unifying various Mongolian tribes under his rule was completed (remind you, which took 75 percent of his life tenure), only then did he venture out to conquer the world, with his remaining one-third life span.

And in this short slice of his lifespan (1/3 rd) he was able to build the biggest land empire yet, known to man, from Korea to Hungry.

What would have he done, if Mongolia, would have been been a unified kingdom, which he would have inherited & spent the entire or even half of his life in conquering the world.........................