Welcome to the Year 1207 CE!
During the Mongol Empire, there was great prosperity and innovation, and even a period called the "Pax Mongolia," or "Mongol Peace." [1]
The Song Dynasty had just fallen to the wrath of Chinggis Khan and his brilliant military tactics and conduct in warfare, and the foreign nomadic people called the Mongols that Khan ruled had taken control over China.
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"The greatest joy a man can know is to conquer his enemies and drive them before him. To ride their horses and take away their possessions. To see the faces of those who were dear to them bedewed with tears, and to clasp their wives and daughters in his arms" – Genghis Khan, the leader and "founder of the Mongol Dynasty.
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