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The great Mongol chief Genghis Khan united the tribes of Mongolia and controlled an incredible empire. Discover how a nomadic lifestyle, the army's prowess and its commander, Genghis Khan, ensured victory for the Mongols. Not just a great warrior, Genghis Khan also implemented innovations in law, writing, and trade that took his empire to new heights and created a legacy.
2) Barbarians
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Pub. Date
2011
Description
Reconstructs the history and conquests of the barbarian tribes, specifically the Vikings, Huns, Goths, and Mongols, through dramatic reenactments and interviews. Vikings sails with the Norsemen from Arabia to the New World, stopping off for a bit of pillaging along the way. Goths reveals why this once-fearsome people subjected themselves to Roman rule, only to rise up again at the battle of Adrianople. Mongols rides with Genghis Khan and his descendants...
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Pub. Date
[2014]
Description
This course addresses three broad chronological spans. The first third of the course covers the nomadic steppe peoples from antiquity to 550 A.D., from their domestication of the horse through their interactions with the civilizations of China, the Near East, the Greeks, and Imperial Rome. The second third of the course deals with the early Middle Ages, a period of time that was dominated by the spread of the Turkish language across the steppe zones....
Pub. Date
c2011
Description
The lost tomb of Genghis Khan could be unearthed and destroyed at any time. Can engineer and explorer Albert Lin, equipped with cutting-edge technology and just a handful of obscure clues from ancient texts, find and protect the tomb of the Great Khan before it is destroyed? Lin's research leads him to search for a lost mountain-the Burkhan Khaldun, and make his most remarkable discovery, one that may solve an 800-year old mystery and cause waves...
Pub. Date
[2008]
Description
Delves into the dramatic and harrowing early years of the ruler who was born as Temudgin in 1162. Follows Temudgin from his perilous childhood to the battle that sealed his destiny. Shows the future conqueror and revealing him not as the evil brute, but as an inspiring, fearless and visionary leader.
6) Barbarians I
Pub. Date
2004, c2003
Description
Reconstructs the history and conquests of the barbarian tribes, specifically the Vikings, Huns, Goths, and Mongols, through dramatic reenactments and interviews. Vikings sails with the Norsemen from Arabia to the New World, stopping off for a bit of pillaging along the way. Goths reveals why this once-fearsome people subjected themselves to Roman rule, only to rise up again at the battle of Adrianople. Mongols rides with Genghis Khan and his descendants...
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