Home after “another day in paradise” @soyrosa … And catching up a bit.

Just read, at a more leisurely pace, your Genghis Khan statue post. You must be quite the adventurer! Your profile indicates you are in the Netherlands. So … Mongolia is not just around the corner … 😉 You likely have another post somewhere about what inspired you to do this.

”I still need to read his biography - which one did you read?”

Great question. I wish I could answer, but it has been many years since I read it. As you can see from my original reply, though, it left a lasting impression. He was arguably the greatest military conqueror of all time. One more little tidbit, to whet your appetite to find his biography and read it, now that you have been in his homeland:

He was the son of the chief of his tribe and barely survived his childhood. As a young man (Temujin), he began to relentlessly and ruthlessly unite all of the other Mongolian tribes under one banner. During one of these tribal takeovers, the other tribe’s best warrior was surrounding by his men and prepared to fight to the death- Subutai. Genghis Khan spared his life and he became his greatest general.

In the campaign referenced above, Genghis Khan gave him his best warriors to pursue the Persian prince who had provoked him the most “to the ends of the earth.” Army after army was raised up by this man as he tried to escape. Subutai destroyed them all and pursued him to some island where he died or was killed (don’t remember) …

Later, Subutai led an invasion of Europe and was never defeated. He was steadily advancing, but finally turned away, when news reached him of the death of Genghis Khan …

So, how good is my memory? Well, if you ever find that biography and read it, then please tell me! 😉