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Especially as someone who lived on the steppe for a good amount of time, I find it amazing just how multi-faceted Chinggis Khan really was. A product of his time, born in the lowest of circumstances to raise an empire. A butcher of millions yet one who formed a society with (relative) freedom and tolerance, but also demanding loyalty and subservience or the worst of fates.
A man that changed the world forever, impacted the nations he conquered or vasselated (such as my home, Korea) but also brought along many reforms, cultural and scientific advancements due to the intermingling of cultures within the Mongol Empire.
I can't honestly call him evil or good, in the time he lived in, in the world he knew, he was given no mercy, and so he didn't offer it either.
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Just imagine how difficult it was to actually conquer that much land and try to keep most of it under your rule. There were no long range communication, no smart phones, fully accurate world maps and no transport faster than a horse. If you wanted to send some information from east to west people had to carry that information on horseback for hundreds-thousands of miles which would take ages! By the time news of civil unrest in a tribe got to you it was probably already over and people slaughtered. You would need to have hundreds of trusted generals in every area to keep rule under your name, trying to stand out so they can be rewarded for their talents.
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