Jack Weatherford
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Anthropologist and author of Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World, and DeWitt Wallace Professor of Anthropology emeritus at Macalester College.
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The real source of the feuding that tore the Mongol steppe apart was women, which is why Genghis Khan's first law outlawed kidnapping and selling them. (opens korrents.com)
“Later, Genghis Khan will realize once he becomes Chinggis Khan, he will realize that the true source of most of the feuding on the steppe is over women. And later he will outlaw the kidnapping of women and the sale of…”
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The Mongols manufactured almost nothing themselves, so raiding was not aggression but their way of getting the trade goods of China. (opens korrents.com)
“Mongols produced nothing. They could produce felt to make their tents, but they were not craftsmen. And so they had to get these items from somewhere, and it was through raiding.”
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Genghis Khan conquered the largest empire in history with an army that never exceeded about 110,000 men. (opens korrents.com)
“Genghis Khan's army was extremely good in warfare but small. He never got probably above 100,000, at the most 110,000. That is small.”
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The real source of the feuding that tore the Mongol steppe apart was women, which is why Genghis Khan's first law outlawed kidnapping and selling them. (opens korrents.com)
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“However, I believe the best work written about Marco Polo, aside from his own book, which was actually written by Rustichello, dictated in prison in Genoa. In the 20th century, Eugene O’Neill wrote a play that became a…”
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