What you said made sense, but "never trust internet strangers," so I did some investigating. To paraphrase: It is attributed to Ghenghis in the works of Ibn Battuta, written around 100 years after Ghenghis. He got the quote anecdotally from someone born 20 years after Khan died. It seems to be attributed to him by others after the fact; there are no contemporaneous in-community references to him saying this. There may be more to it the more it is looked into, I did some hasty research. Also, Conan left out the part where Ghenghis allegedly talk about riding the horses of the conquered, which would jibe with Mongols' version of Maslow's hierarchy of needs.
Not arguing- yous' right that it is an homage to Ghenghis. I found the backstory interesting and thought to share.
Nicely done, I stand corrected, did you look through Ibn Battuta's works? Though I am a lover of history I dont have the patience to go that deeply into this part of it. As to me it is hearsay in anycase. Alas I know for a fact that history has been subverted beyond recognition. In fact, ive heard some sources say that Genghis was indeed a white man..
All I know is that I dont know. So i question everything. It seems you do too. Good man.
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