Rise Of Genghis Khan Essay
Mongols always had a reputation of being evil, ruthless barbarians from the Chinese master narrative until they were investigated and publicly appreciated in recent times. Through the film, The Rise of Genghis Khan directed by Sergei Bodrov, and articles about Genghis Khan and the Mongols, there is impeccable evidence these nomadic people had fair values, intelligence and tolerance, and the invincible military tactics to create the largest, most successful empire in the premodern world within a century. To be a successful empire the Mongols couldn’t have been as brutal as they were stereotyped as because they had to treat their own people and civilians right to maintain society. They had values that were followed strictly with severe consequences
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These laws explain why Targutai doesn’t kill Temüjin as a child (the future Genghis Khan), why Temüjin executed the traitors who killed their leader Targutai, and although Jamukha’s followers betrayed him when they chose to follow Temüjin instead, Mongols have another rule that a Mongol is free to choose their own leader. These rules also prove why after Temüjin and Jamukha became blood brothers, keeping their loyalty to each other, even as enemies, by never killing the other one in the film. Mongols despised aristocrats because there was no hard work involved and exclusively valued merit when choosing leaders for their military. The article, Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World, explains that Khan would teach new leaders that the first key to leadership was self-control and that ‘if you cannot swallow your pride, you cannot lead’ (Weatherford, 2004, 125). The article, Fighting Techniques of the Oriental World, adds other key points to leadership, “What we refer to as the five talents [Generals need] are courage, wisdom, benevolence, trustworthiness, and loyalty” (Haskew et al, 2008, 135). Mongols also treated their women with an abundance of respect and value. In the film, Genghis starts a war over an enemy tribe, the Merkits, because they stole his wife
These laws explain why Targutai doesn’t kill Temüjin as a child (the future Genghis Khan), why Temüjin executed the traitors who killed their leader Targutai, and although Jamukha’s followers betrayed him when they chose to follow Temüjin instead, Mongols have another rule that a Mongol is free to choose their own leader. These rules also prove why after Temüjin and Jamukha became blood brothers, keeping their loyalty to each other, even as enemies, by never killing the other one in the film. Mongols despised aristocrats because there was no hard work involved and exclusively valued merit when choosing leaders for their military. The article, Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World, explains that Khan would teach new leaders that the first key to leadership was self-control and that ‘if you cannot swallow your pride, you cannot lead’ (Weatherford, 2004, 125). The article, Fighting Techniques of the Oriental World, adds other key points to leadership, “What we refer to as the five talents [Generals need] are courage, wisdom, benevolence, trustworthiness, and loyalty” (Haskew et al, 2008, 135). Mongols also treated their women with an abundance of respect and value. In the film, Genghis starts a war over an enemy tribe, the Merkits, because they stole his wife