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a nobody who got exiled by his own tribe and answered by conquering half the known world.
means the mongol warlord who unified the steppe tribes and built the largest contiguous land empire in history.
from born temujin around 1162, meaning iron in mongolian; the title genghis khan, roughly universal ruler, was granted in 1206 when rival clans finally knelt.
empire sizestretched from korea to eastern europe
trade legacysecured the silk road for a century
genetic footprintroughly 1 in 200 men descend from him
death secrecyburial site remains undiscovered to this day