Haley's Post

                  My name is Marco Polo. I am from Venice, Italy. I am to go exploring with Mongols. I fear of very little, but these vicious people are known for being killing machines. They kill, maim and destroy any and everything that they see that will not immediately surrender to them. They are led under Genghis Khan, his name literally means “universal leader” but he was given the birth name of Temujin. I very much fear for my life.

                 Now that my travels have ensued with the Mongols, I find that they are not as bad as everyone finds them to be. They blend cultures and allow people to keep their ways of living. The people can live the way they choose but they are introduced to new cultures as well. Genghis Khan is well loved by the peasants of the areas they have conquered.

                From the perspective of a historian, I have found the Mongol nomads to be a generally peaceful people they were herders and hunters. They did what they needed to survive. They conquered so much land by the time Genghis Khan died. Their territory stretched from Mongolia all the way to the Caspian Sea. He has millions of direct descendants that proudly carry on his legacy. The legacy of Genghis Khan reminds me very much to that of Alexander The Great and his kindness with the places he conquered.

  

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