Jenghis Khan
Americannoun
noun
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His father was sixth in descent from Tamerlane the Tartar, and his mother stood somewhat nearer to Jenghis Khan.
From Stories about Famous Precious Stones by Mrs Goddard Orpen
It has taken Attila to its heart, and rehabilitated Jenghis Khan, Timur, Oghuz, and the rest with the erudition of a Turanian Walter Scott.
From Turkey: a Past and a Future by Arnold Joseph Toynbee
The type of horse that bore Alexander and Jenghis Khan and the Prophet's War Chieftains to victory.
From When Dreams Come True by William Merritt Berger
The commerce that once passed over this route was crushed out of existence during the invasions by Jenghis Khan.
From Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges by Jacques W. (Jacques Wardlaw) Redway
"All governments, the despotic and the liberal alike, have in our time become what Herzen has so aptly called a Jenghis Khan with telegraphs."
From Anarchism by Paul Eltzbacher
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