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A poor or defeated society becomes energetic and cohesive when a great leader emerges to unify it, as Genghis Khan did for the divided Mongols.
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Genghis Khan
A poor or defeated society becomes energetic and cohesive when a great leader emerges to unify it, as Genghis Khan did for the divided Mongols.
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Jiang links Mongol and Roman founding myths to the same violent culture because Genghis Khan kills a best friend and Romulus kills a twin brother.
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Origin stories where a hidden or foreign low-born figure becomes legitimate solve the political problem faced by talented usurpers such as Sargon, David, Genghis Khan, and others.
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The next lecture will move from agricultural civilization to steppe peoples, since many major conquerors came from the steppes.
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Jiang reads the Secret History account of Genghis Khan as suspiciously mythic because it follows the same structure as other Proto-Indo-European founding stories.
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Jiang interprets Genghis Khan's killing of Jamukha as the mythic sacrifice of the beloved, comparable to Achilles and Patroclus or Rome's founding fratricide.
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Jiang groups Sargon, Philip, Julius Caesar, and Genghis Khan as great conquerors who share a mentor-betrayal pattern.
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In response to an implied audience question, Jiang says Mongolian people descend from the Yamnaya and resemble them as nomadic pastoral and warlike peoples; he also says Genghis Khan adopted similar policies.
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"...look at the Mongols, right? The Mongols before the emergence of Genghis Khan, the Mongols were almost like a vassal state, right? Because the..."
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"...civilizations, including the Romans and the Mongolians. Okay? So this is Genghis Khan. His mythology is what? He kills his best friend to become..."
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"And what's in the Roman mythology? Romulus kills his twin brother to found Rome. Okay? All right? So that shows you that the Mongols..."
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"...and Remus who founded Rome King David who founded Israel and Genghis Khan of the Mongols. Okay? They all share the similar origin story...."
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"...become king himself because he's really talented. This is true for Genghis Khan. This is true for King David of Israel. This is true..."
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"Okay? So there are lots of historical figures like that. Even in Chinese history you have quite a few historical figures like this as..."
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"...history the major conquerors were people from the steps okay so Genghis Khan came from the steps so we'll be discussing them next class..."
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"...the mother finds a way to find a supporting tribe. And Genghis Khan slowly finds mentors for protection. He eventually finds a mentor who..."
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"Genghis Khan kills him to achieve his dominance. And Genghis Khan will overthrow the existing Mongolian social order. Basically all these top chieftains, all..."
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"-wolf nurses them. And a shepherd adopts them. Eventually they discover their true heritage. And they help their grandfather, Numitor, kill his brother, Aemilius,..."
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"...hero must always sacrifice his beloved. So remember the story of Genghis Khan. He sacrifices."
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"...Patroclus and Achilles were lovers. Okay? Achilles loved Patroclus. So when Genghis Khan killed Jamukha, he was basically killing Hector. Killing the man he..."
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A source-grounded reading of Jiang’s lecture on why the so-called barbarians repeatedly defeat civilization: empires turn innovation into bureaucracy, while the steppe turns geography, animals, inheritance, oath, myth, and violence into mobile social power.
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Genghis Khan is not explained by saying the Mongols were uniquely evil.
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