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GENGHIS KHAN HAD BEEN ASSASSINATED?

What was the background to this assassination attempt in 1200?

Genghis was born in 1162 and at this stage has not yet become Genghis Khan. He still has his childhood name of Temujin and he’s emerging as the [leader] in a feudal society that is extremely self-destructive. These are the Mongolians, or the Mongols, divided into various clans. To the south is China’s unified empire, and to the east is another tribe called the Tatars. There are other tribes around the outside. The whole place is pretty self-destructive. He has survived a childhood in which he was abandoned by his clan because his father had died. His mother looked after him, and he always respected women very much after this. He slowly worked his way upwards, as a result mainly of his character, and he was about to be elected

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