I’m reading a book called Ghengis Khan and the Making of the Modern World.
Very entertaining. Two highlights.
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Professionally- Ghengis Khan STARTING at age 50, after conquering the Mongol Empire, created the largest Empire in history -between 11-12 Million square miles over 10x the Roman empire, and he did it in 25 years when the Romans took 400 years, he had an army of 100,000 people, which could fit in a modern day football stadium. While a brutal conqueror- his lands flourished and prospered and in many way created a better quality of living and cultural cross pollination that led to much of what we take for granted in the modern world, both in innovations, culture and even freedoms in modern governments
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Personally, he died surrounded by family and loved ones. Many conquerors, Alexander the Great, Napeleon, Julies Ceasar etc. die brutally,betrayed or in isolation
I don’t know if people fathom how insane that accomplishment is but when I was reading it, it hit me …that this is the essence of Khan.
Not conquering literally, but the essence of that level of accomplishment, the individual who can do it, in ambitious enough to try. Unstoppable, unconquerable, unfathomable, absolute pinnacle etc
I don’t think others benefiting in a philanthropic way is the essence of Khan, but that was a byproduct of the freedom and easy exchange of value that comes with the groundwork that was built.
Khan worshipped the great blue sky all people were under. Subtle and I won’t explain it here, but in principle and practicality he was not above the law, the way other rulerss might be. The ultimate form of dominance is self dominance.
Any way lol food for thought.
I am not running Khan but I don’t think it’s a coincendence I discover that he conquered the world after age 50 since running Emperor Daddy