| The Mongols are famous for conquering the largest land empire ever in the space of only eighty years. Their leaders were some of the most brilliant military men the world has ever seen, and none was greater than the mighty Genghis Khan. The empire he founded shook the world. The powerful Chinese kingdoms were subjugated, the ancient Persian Empire was destroyed, the finest of Europe's knights were crushed, and the great city of Baghdad was captured. A third of the world, from Russia and the Middle East to China, was united for the first time under one government. In the space of one lifetime, Genghis Khan transformed a group of bickering sheep herders into the army that conquered most of the known world, and created the Mongol Empire. |
