Genghis Khan is credited with having an impact on climate change by killing an estimated 40 million people. This means he helped cool the Earth by removing 700 million tons of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
The Mongols were actually outnumbered in most of their victories. They were very well organized in deceiving their enemies with elaborate tricks, such as placing fake people on horses and tying sticks to the tails of their horses to create a lot of dust.
Genghis Khan did not intend to conquer any country directly, but rather to offer alliances with his own. In 1219, he signed a treaty with the Khwarezm Empire to trade along the Silk Road, but the Khwarezm shah broke his promise and killed his envoys. As a result, he sent his army and massacred millions of the Shah’s citizens.
The Mongol invasions reduced the world’s population by 11% at the time. They also killed so many people in Iran that the population of Iran did not return to its pre-Mongol level until the mid-20th century, according to scholars.
The Mongols created thumb rings to prevent injury to their thumbs by cutting the bowstring with their thumbs.
He had a special ability to recognize people, and when choosing his soldiers, he focused on their honesty and experience rather than on their lineage or origin. During a war with the Tais, he was almost shot by an arrow. When Genghis Khan asked his captured soldiers who had shot him, one soldier honestly revealed himself. This man later became his trusted general and took the name Zev.
Genghis Khan is considered “the most successful biological father in human history,” with 16 million descendants in Central Asia. A major study conducted in 2003 found that 1 in 200 men alive today had a Y chromosome that could be from Genghis Khan, meaning that 0.5% of all men in the world could be his direct descendants.
Genghis Khan exempted the poor and monks from taxes, encouraged literacy, and established religious freedom. He also encouraged many people to follow his empire before he could capture them.
He never allowed his image to be depicted in portraits, statues, or coins. It was only after Genghis Khan’s death that his image first became public.
Sources say he died in 1227 after being injured in a fall from a horse. All those who attended his funeral were killed, and the burial site was trampled under horses. It is anticipated that his funeral might be on Mount Burkhan Khaldun where he was born, but it remains unknown to this day.