Who was Temujin and how have different peoples (including the Mongols themselves) portrayed him through the ages?
What will be an ideal response?
A. Temujin
1. most dynamic leader, proclaimed himself khan in 1206 of "all those
who live in felt tents"—staking a claim to a steppe-wide empire
2. was acclaimed by a title of obscure meaning, perhaps signifying
"Ocean-King" and therefore, by implication, king of everything the
ocean encloses
3. title is traditionally rendered in the Roman alphabet as "Genghis Khan"
B. Historical portrayal
1. know maddeningly little about Temujin and his memory is twisted
between myths
2. was an almost unmentionable figure when Mongolia was a Communist
state between 1921 and 1990
a. inconsistent with the peace-loving image the Communists tried
to project
3. now he is Mongolia's national hero
4. had contradictory images in his time
a. warlord who intimidated enemies into submission by massacre
b. an avenger of insults to his dynasty and tribe
c. an embodiment of Mongol convictions of superiority over
sedentary peoples
d. a scourge of heaven, divinely appointed to chastise a wicked world
e. a lawgiver and architect of enduring empire
4. different people view him different ways
a. in surviving documents, Genghis Khan addressed different
audiences with conflicting messages
b. to Muslims, he was an instrument of God, sent to punish them
for their sins
c. to Chinese, he was a candidate for the mandate of heaven
d. to Mongols, he was a giver of victory and of the treasure it brought
e. when he addressed monks and hermits, stressed his own asceticism
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