Ghengis Khan by Jack Weatherford

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Yes. Ok I read half this one and fleshing out more detail onto my hazy notion of Ghengis Khan was fascinating - preconception after preconception falling to the floor.
Most interesting? Kidnap of women, including his mother by his father, how the Mongol argmy moved (no infantry) - their own supply of food under their saddles. The rules Ghengis Khan had - clever tricks of changing the system so it worked for him, including banning the kidnap of women. Had enough when it moved on to his son, as I was listening to it and I couldn't keep track of the names without seeing them any more.

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