It has been said that the Mongols were the most cruel and barbaric of the peoples that have roamed this earth. My research paper is on the greatest of the Mongols, Genghis Khan. Genghis Khan was, even in the lightest sense, a military genius. Genghis Khan almost conquered the world. He instilled in humankind a fear that lasted for ages. But what drove him to do it? Was it by chance? This paper will explain …showed first 75 words of 2162 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2162 total…Genghis Khan's power might never have come to be had it not been for his childhood. If his father wouldn't have died, would he (Genghis) have had to go through as many hardships? If not, he Page 9 probably wouldn't have become as great of a man that he was. So, in conclusion, the childhood of Genghis Khan had a direct link to the molding of his character into the great war general that he was.