Empires of the Steppes by Kenneth W. Harl

Author:Kenneth W. Harl
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Hanover Square Press
Published: 2023-05-26T13:13:23+00:00

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Rebellions on the western and northwestern regions of his empire erupted in 1217. First, Genghis Khan swiftly punished an incipient revolt among his ancestral foes the Merkits by virtually exterminating the tribe.43 Meanwhile, Boroghul, an adopted son of Genghis Khan, was slain in an unsuccessful expedition against the Kori-Tumar forest peoples. Boroghul, a captive Jurchen infant whom Genghis Khan’s mother, Hoelun, had reared, had risen to high rank in the imperial guard. The wrathful Genghis Khan immediately turned the full might of the Mongol army against the rebels. He exacted a fierce vengeance.44 One hundred Tumar captives were sacrificed to the spirit of Boroghul. The Oriats peoples of the forest and nomadic Kyrgyz were terrorized into submission upon hearing the news of these Mongol atrocities.45 They dutifully furnished warriors to the imperial army. Genghis Khan now extended his sway far across the central Eurasian steppes to the pastures watered by the lower Yenisei and Irtysh Rivers. Immediately to his west lay the Karakhitan Empire.

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