The Life and Legacy of Genghis Khan
Every civilization that had been found and developed, soon after they rose, would fall. But then a new one would rise not too far from there or become a whole new one out of the old rubble. Usually this was due to new settlers, an economic rise, or influences from other civilizations. Each civilization had a powerful figure, such as Alexander the Great from Macedonia or Julius Caesar in Rome. In the eastern parts of Asia, there are generals such as Cao Cao from the Han Dynasty. One of the most powerful figures in Asian history was Genghis Khan; his life and conquest changed history in ways that people would never think of. What Are the People and Land …show more content…
Despite that the Xi Xia empire had defeated him, everything had become united and grew. Genghis Khan had multiple wives and due to that he had multiple children that could continue on his legacy. His three daughters seemed to be the most well known and influential. All of his children married powerful people to unite and strengthen ties within empires. They were great warriors, by horse and arrow, much like their father. Much like his conquests, they expanded through the Silk Road. They conquered land from the Pacific to the Mediterranean, changing economic structures. Genghis Khan believed in equality between men and women, that women could fight and rule just like men would. The daughters were actually the ones who really did most of the legacy continuation during his life and after his death. Weatherford claims, "The daughters of Genghis Khan formed a phalanx of shields around their Mongol homeland. They marked the nation 's borders and protected it from the four directions as they ruled the kingdoms of the Onggud, Uighur, Karluk, and Oirat." But after their father 's passing, his sons and daughters began to fight amongst each other, bringing each other …show more content…
Those remnants stayed within his tomb and in the genetics of the various clans in Central Asia. One of those clans is the Kerey clan in Kazakhstan. According to the study of Abilev and others, "The Kereys showed the highest frequency (76.5%) of individuals carrying theY-chromosome variant known as C3* star-cluster ascribed to the descendants of Genghis Khan." This could have happened due to all of his descendents being in different parts of Central and East Asia, residing in their own places of conquest. This Y-Chromosome originated in Mongolia and was apparently carried by mostly the male descents of Genghis Khan. So Genghis Khan lives on now, somewhat, except there are no empires or people pillaging villages, but instead he remains at
Every civilization that had been found and developed, soon after they rose, would fall. But then a new one would rise not too far from there or become a whole new one out of the old rubble. Usually this was due to new settlers, an economic rise, or influences from other civilizations. Each civilization had a powerful figure, such as Alexander the Great from Macedonia or Julius Caesar in Rome. In the eastern parts of Asia, there are generals such as Cao Cao from the Han Dynasty. One of the most powerful figures in Asian history was Genghis Khan; his life and conquest changed history in ways that people would never think of. What Are the People and Land …show more content…
Despite that the Xi Xia empire had defeated him, everything had become united and grew. Genghis Khan had multiple wives and due to that he had multiple children that could continue on his legacy. His three daughters seemed to be the most well known and influential. All of his children married powerful people to unite and strengthen ties within empires. They were great warriors, by horse and arrow, much like their father. Much like his conquests, they expanded through the Silk Road. They conquered land from the Pacific to the Mediterranean, changing economic structures. Genghis Khan believed in equality between men and women, that women could fight and rule just like men would. The daughters were actually the ones who really did most of the legacy continuation during his life and after his death. Weatherford claims, "The daughters of Genghis Khan formed a phalanx of shields around their Mongol homeland. They marked the nation 's borders and protected it from the four directions as they ruled the kingdoms of the Onggud, Uighur, Karluk, and Oirat." But after their father 's passing, his sons and daughters began to fight amongst each other, bringing each other …show more content…
Those remnants stayed within his tomb and in the genetics of the various clans in Central Asia. One of those clans is the Kerey clan in Kazakhstan. According to the study of Abilev and others, "The Kereys showed the highest frequency (76.5%) of individuals carrying theY-chromosome variant known as C3* star-cluster ascribed to the descendants of Genghis Khan." This could have happened due to all of his descendents being in different parts of Central and East Asia, residing in their own places of conquest. This Y-Chromosome originated in Mongolia and was apparently carried by mostly the male descents of Genghis Khan. So Genghis Khan lives on now, somewhat, except there are no empires or people pillaging villages, but instead he remains at