Genghis Khan

00:00:10 a child was born.

00:01:25 Shortly after his death

00:02:59 Then he ordered an audacious attack.

00:04:53 what was little more than an extended family.

00:06:43 The Secret History recalls what Temujin -

00:08:50 Temujin.

00:10:42 the son of a humble herdsman.

00:13:10 my blood brother would ride against me.

00:14:59 Jamuka took the generals he had captured

00:16:58 from top to bottom.

00:18:30 But many tribes together would be strong.

00:20:48 We advanced in silence

00:23:37 I saw the bodies of Jamuka's men lying together

00:28:15 But my destiny, the destiny of the great Mongol people

00:29:39 They went around it.

00:33:00 steal his riches, ride his horses

00:34:14 and stopped supplies from getting in.

00:36:27 to wheel the siege engines forward into the killing zone.

00:40:04 burned and raped.

00:41:20 He learnt the technology of the Chinese military.

00:43:12 The Sultan had fundamentally misjudged Genghis Khan's character.

00:44:51 He was a revered Taoist monk.

00:46:52 According to legend

00:48:16 a reputation enhanced by the mystery of his burial.