Genghis Khan

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He was a blood-thirsty warrior whose brutal campaigns of conquest helped to create one of the greatest empires in history.

Born in the 12th century on the steppes of Mongolia, Genghis Khan was a proficient hunter and a natural-born leader from the very start. He also showed his capacity for ruthlessness at an early age when he murdered his half-brother over a childhood argument about a fish. In this fascinating program from Biography, follow the infamous warlord´s rise to power: from his brilliant tactics in psychological warfare to the alliances he both created and shattered, to his seemingly endless successes on the bloody battlefields of 13h-century Asia.

Genghis Khan is the story of one of the most enigmatic and calculating rulers of all time - a man whose hunger for power and subjugation both destroyed and united nations across the world.