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Almost 800 years ago,
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a military genius
came out of Mongolia
to conquer half a world.
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He was the son of Yesugei,
leader of a small nomad tribe.
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This man of destiny,
riding beside me
as a young boy,
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was called Temujin,
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born to rule as the prince
of conquerors, Genghis Khan.
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Temujin! Temujin!
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I wanted you alive,
Yesugei.
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I wanted the chieftains of
the other tribes to learn
how Jamuga of the Merkits
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punishes those
who trespass on
his grazing lands.
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Harness the horses!
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Stay your hand!
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Hear my words,
Lord Jamuga.
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It has been written
in the stars
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that the man who takes
the life of Yesugei's
son shall die,
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and die quickly,
and by his own sword.
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See for yourself,
mighty lord.
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'Tis the mark of blood.
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What is he called?
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Temujin.
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"Man of iron."
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Then I shall spare him,
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so that he may
witness the death
I give his father now.
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Temujin!
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From this day on,
you will wear a collar.
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I will have a chang made
to put around your neck.
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Oh! Oh, no!
Oh, get my ball,
please. My ball! Oh!
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Come away from him,
sister.
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What harm has the
young man done
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that he should have
to wear a chang?
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You've heard
Jamuga's orders,
so leave him.
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Besides,
his father was an enemy
of our tribe, also.
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Now come away.
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What are you called?
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Temujin.
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Why have they put
that cruel yoke
around your neck?
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What are you called?
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Bortei.
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You will return
to the camp, Princess.
Go with your brothers.
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I take no orders
from you, Jamuga.
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As you say, Bortei,
not yet.
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Dogs must be taught
to stay in place.
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Sengal.
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Give me that.
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Now then, man of iron.
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Down! Down!
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Down! Down!
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The Lord Jamuga's brave
when a man is yoked.
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Kuchluk.
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After him, after him!
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Temujin!
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Temujin!
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Geen!
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Father Geen!
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How did you find me?
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I consulted the stars
and my...
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Hmm?
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Besides,
Sengal showed me.
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Sengal?
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If he was able to talk,
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he'd tell you that
he will be with us
from now on.
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You may be chieftain
of the smallest tribe
of the Mongols,
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but at least
it's a start.
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It's a good start.
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This could house an army.
How safe are we?
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The Merkits think that
only spirits and ghosts
could live up this high.
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As long as they continue
to believe that,
we are safe.
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When they discover the
truth, where do we go?
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East or west?
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When that time does come,
you will decide.
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But this may help you.
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Our world is like
three great circles.
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Here, to the west,
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Samarkand and Bukhara,
the lands of the Persians.
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Rich nations who trade
with the white-skinned
Christians
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from beyond the desert.
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And here,
to the East?
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I have not traveled
east of the mountains,
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but I have talked
with merchants
from the caravans,
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and they have told me
of the great walls,
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and beyond them,
of the kingdom of China.
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A land of great cities,
where people dress in silks.
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Even the men.
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And where the merchants
go in search of spices
and rare woods
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from the nations
beyond the Eastern seas.
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And here, in the center?
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A barren, empty circle
where only Mongols live.
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Why should it be barren
and empty when it lies
in the heartland,
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between the rich west
and the richer east?
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Because the tribes like
the Merkits, the Salkits,
the Tanguts and others
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are too busy fighting
amongst themselves,
that's why.
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But if they joined together?
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The only time that
Mongols are joined
together is in death.
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You know what you said about
this being the smallest
tribe in existence.
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It would be
difficult for it
to be much smaller.
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Then we must
make it larger.
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Merkits.
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What tribe are you?
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Salkits.
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Now shall we see if
the spirits of the wind
are for us or against us.
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These men,
they look like Salkits!
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Perhaps because
they are Salkits.
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Salkits?
Riding with you?
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Yes, the Salkits
and the Yesugei,
together.
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Over there,
Lord Temujin,
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is the caravan road
to Tashkent.
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In the old days,
many battles were
fought over it.
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But so many of
the slaves were killed,
there was so little profit.
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So, the Treaty of
the Slave Trail
was signed.
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A treaty?
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The Shah of Khwarezm
imposed a truce.
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All have sworn to it.
All observe it.
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No warrior is permitted
to carry arms here.
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Good! Then we
can take our pick
without fighting.
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Hmm?
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You do not
understand, Temujin.
A truce was signed.
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I did not sign it.
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The slaves did not sign it.
But...
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Will there be women
among the slaves?
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Yes, Lord.
Good.
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My men have horses and
weapons, but no women.
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How long do you think
they will stay
without women?
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How long will you?
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What is the meaning
of this?
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The slave caravan is under
the protection of the Shah
of Khwarezm himself.
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Convey the thanks
of Lord Temujin
to the Shah.
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Temujin?
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Temujin!
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Katke!
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My lord! I thank
the four winds
you found me.
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Jamuga was
selling me
for a slave.
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Somehow I don't
see you as a slave.
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In any case,
you're free now.
You're all free.
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Free?
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I said you are all
free, my sisters,
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to continue
with this caravan,
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or to ride with my men
back to our camp.
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You give them
a choice? Women?
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Sengal,
strike the fetters
off these slaves.
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This truce has lasted
100 years, barbarian!
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The Shah will have
your head spiked
on the city walls.
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Once you're dead,
do you really
think it matters?
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Safe journey to Tashkent,
and give our thanks
to the Shah!
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A miracle!
A miracle!
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Oh, thank you.
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But if you want to
prove your gratitude,
give me this woman, huh?
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- But she's my wife!
- Oh, take another!
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Go on and
take another woman!
I give you a horse.
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I give you two horses.
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No, friend Shan,
no woman will be
taken against her will.
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But, Lord,
that's what
women are for.
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And besides,
the best have
already been taken.
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A wise man
does not judge a horse
by its saddle markings.
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Come, I will
choose for you.
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Come.
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Hey, do you want
a husband, Katke?
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That?
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That's settled, then.
May you have many sons.
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It's about time
you, too, my lord,
had thoughts of sons.
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The thoughts
I've had in my mind are
not for a holy man as you.
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Give me time.
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Take this and be careful.
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Temujin!
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Katke!
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Bring food and clothes
to the Princess.
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Prepare another tent
for me while I wash.
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Wash?
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The Lord Temujin,
my lady.
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Stay, woman.
I did not tell you to go.
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That was stupid of you.
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You do not seem
like a stupid woman.
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I am not a stupid woman.
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And what did I do
that you thought
stupid?
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You gave an order
that was bound to
be overruled.
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The master who
feeds his dog
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does not expect him to
answer to the whistle
of any stranger.
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I might have
thought it of you.
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You treat those who
serve you as dogs.
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Not Katke.
She brought me
up as a child.
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She did not
boast about that,
I promise you.
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My lady, anyone else
listening to us now
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would imagine that
you were trying to
provoke a fight.
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But it always needs two
to make a quarrel.
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Not with me it doesn't!
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I like a horse with spirit.
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Horses, dogs, animals,
all you ever think of?
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I can see that was
a stupid question.
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But if it please you,
now that you are here,
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say what it is
you came to say.
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I have said what
I came to say,
but for this.
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Deep in my heart if I
search for the truth,
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I must also say that
what drove me most
to do what I did
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was the thought
of the rage and anger
I have brought to Jamuga.
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To steal in the night
the woman he had
chosen to marry.
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Outcast! Slave!
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Soon you'll be back
in a wooden yoke.
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For, born a slave,
you'll die a slave!
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Born a slave I never was!
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Born to rule the Yesugei
was always in my stars.
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And not only one tribe,
but people of many tribes
were destined to follow me,
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to fight my battles,
conquer nations.
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All this was in my stars.
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You...
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You, woman,
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dare provoke
my anger.
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No!
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A hand is the first thing
one gives to another.
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If I... If I wasn't
so ugly-looking
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with all these tears,
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I'd know what to
say to you next.
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But...
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I am ugly-looking,
then.
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You didn't
disagree with me.
You see? You see?
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You talk too much, woman.
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You never give me
a chance to say
anything.
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My brothers always
say that, too.
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His camp must be near.
He knows our every move.
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And we know
nothing of his.
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His men appear
from nowhere
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and they disappear
like ghosts.
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Ghosts who will bleed
like any ordinary man
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when they feel
the headman's ax.
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As some of you may do,
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if you don't bring
her back, and soon.
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To have her stolen
out of my own camp,
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and from under the noses
of all of you.
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From under the noses
of her brothers.
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Her brothers.
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This is my eldest
brother, Subodai.
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And Jebai,
and Kassar.
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My lord Temujin.
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My lord and
my husband.
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No one followed you?
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We saw nothing but the
stars, heard nothing but
the rush of the waterfall.
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Despite the poetry,
I'm glad to see you
back.
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And you, my friends,
you are welcome.
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And grateful, Lord.
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Ready to serve you,
Lord.
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Subodai, you have
nothing to say?
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Only this.
The holy man, he lies.
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You said?
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I saw something
as we climbed
the mountainside.
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A glow against the sky.
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Your fires are
banked too high.
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Geen.
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Prepare to move out.
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Leave all the carts
but one.
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00:34:59,348 --> 00:35:03,477
Move on to the east road
beyond Jamuga's camp
and wait there.
249
00:37:43,053 --> 00:37:43,971
Bortei!
250
00:37:46,765 --> 00:37:47,808
Bortei!
251
00:37:51,061 --> 00:37:52,062
Bortei!
252
00:37:52,521 --> 00:37:54,064
Temujin!
253
00:38:07,953 --> 00:38:09,621
Back, back.
254
00:38:45,615 --> 00:38:46,992
See to her.
255
00:39:01,798 --> 00:39:03,633
Time is on our side.
256
00:39:03,717 --> 00:39:06,553
It will be hours
before Jamuga can
reach the sky camp.
257
00:39:06,636 --> 00:39:10,974
He'll have Merkits
from the lakes to the
plains riding to join him.
258
00:39:11,058 --> 00:39:14,686
Who can travel faster,
a horse that needs
little to eat,
259
00:39:15,020 --> 00:39:17,147
or 100 who must
forage wide?
260
00:39:18,190 --> 00:39:19,900
Where do we go?
261
00:39:20,400 --> 00:39:23,862
East. We will be
across the river
before dawn.
262
00:39:40,712 --> 00:39:44,299
Lord, there is man's
work outside. Leave
her with me.
263
00:39:52,224 --> 00:39:53,475
Bortei.
264
00:39:58,188 --> 00:40:00,732
I have shamed you
before all men.
265
00:40:04,236 --> 00:40:05,237
Jamuga.
266
00:40:06,988 --> 00:40:08,740
I begged him
to kill me.
267
00:40:51,283 --> 00:40:53,326
When do we
rest, Lord?
268
00:40:53,410 --> 00:40:56,413
Not before we are
certain Jamuga's
given up the chase.
269
00:40:56,496 --> 00:40:58,540
Then let us
stop and fight.
270
00:40:58,915 --> 00:41:01,710
I will say when it
is time to fight,
and not before.
271
00:41:01,793 --> 00:41:04,254
But how long
do we keep going
east, my lord?
272
00:41:04,337 --> 00:41:06,214
All through
the winter,
273
00:41:06,298 --> 00:41:08,383
and if necessary,
through next winter.
274
00:41:09,092 --> 00:41:10,760
If we keep heading east,
275
00:41:10,844 --> 00:41:13,847
we could end up in a land
where I've heard
they eat dogs.
276
00:41:13,930 --> 00:41:16,266
Or it might have
been people.
277
00:41:16,349 --> 00:41:19,186
According to Geen,
it is a land of
great wealth.
278
00:41:19,269 --> 00:41:22,105
A vast empire built
on knowledge and...
279
00:41:23,273 --> 00:41:24,941
We must have knowledge.
280
00:42:45,814 --> 00:42:47,524
Greetings, friends.
281
00:42:48,066 --> 00:42:50,735
And to you,
greetings, warriors.
282
00:42:52,696 --> 00:42:56,992
I am Kam Ling,
ambassador of the
emperor to the Indias,
283
00:42:57,659 --> 00:42:59,911
returning to our
court in Peking.
284
00:43:00,662 --> 00:43:03,707
Returning, as you
see, is a figure
of speech.
285
00:43:04,165 --> 00:43:06,793
It seems you travel
without much luck.
286
00:43:06,876 --> 00:43:09,963
First our Manchurian
guard deserted us,
287
00:43:10,046 --> 00:43:12,465
then the wheel of
our cart broke.
288
00:43:12,924 --> 00:43:15,594
Then our driver
stole our horses,
289
00:43:15,677 --> 00:43:19,222
and the cattle,
tiring of our company,
followed after them.
290
00:43:20,265 --> 00:43:24,227
One might say that
the winds of fortune are
blowing somewhat coldly.
291
00:43:24,311 --> 00:43:26,271
You are in
dangerous country.
292
00:43:26,354 --> 00:43:29,149
We have heard
of one Temujin
and his horsemen,
293
00:43:29,232 --> 00:43:31,109
fierce, violent men.
294
00:43:31,192 --> 00:43:33,445
We have no fear
for our lives.
295
00:43:34,821 --> 00:43:37,240
We bear letters
from our emperor.
296
00:43:37,324 --> 00:43:42,370
It would be far more
profitable to hold us to
ransom than to murder us.
297
00:43:43,496 --> 00:43:46,958
Why talk of ransom
and murder? Sengal!
298
00:43:49,377 --> 00:43:51,379
Show them we
mean no harm.
299
00:44:03,016 --> 00:44:04,517
Up!
300
00:44:23,119 --> 00:44:24,788
We are grateful.
301
00:44:24,871 --> 00:44:27,749
If you would tell us
what gold you require
for your services.
302
00:44:27,832 --> 00:44:30,251
Gold, my lord?
I'm not a merchant.
303
00:44:31,044 --> 00:44:32,796
You overwhelm me.
304
00:44:33,922 --> 00:44:36,966
One last kindness
we must beg of you.
305
00:44:37,509 --> 00:44:42,097
A message to the nearest
Chinese military post for
horses and assistance.
306
00:44:42,180 --> 00:44:44,849
It is about
four days' journey.
307
00:44:44,933 --> 00:44:47,352
But that would mean
leaving you here
unprotected.
308
00:44:47,435 --> 00:44:49,646
We have spare horses
we'd be glad
to lend you,
309
00:44:49,729 --> 00:44:51,523
also, our services
as an escort.
310
00:44:51,606 --> 00:44:53,024
An escort?
311
00:44:53,108 --> 00:44:56,069
I have 200 men here,
all tried and tested.
312
00:44:57,070 --> 00:44:59,948
And our numbers
are soon to be
increased.
313
00:45:00,281 --> 00:45:02,909
My wife, she is
near her time.
314
00:45:05,954 --> 00:45:10,250
Then she deserves better
than to ride in the open
like a herdsman.
315
00:45:11,209 --> 00:45:15,422
She shall have the poor
comforts of our miserable
and unworthy wagon.
316
00:45:16,548 --> 00:45:17,799
Please.
317
00:45:18,133 --> 00:45:21,344
We shall try to make it
as serviceable as we can.
318
00:45:26,349 --> 00:45:29,060
Now, this Temujin
you spoke of...
319
00:45:29,144 --> 00:45:33,189
Have no fear. This
is the one column
he'll never attack.
320
00:45:33,273 --> 00:45:35,108
I have his
word for it.
321
00:47:10,411 --> 00:47:11,621
A boy?
322
00:47:11,704 --> 00:47:12,914
A son.
323
00:47:21,130 --> 00:47:25,552
The first child born
to the tribe of Yesugai
for more than 20 years.
324
00:47:26,970 --> 00:47:30,890
And a boy. My son.
325
00:47:32,475 --> 00:47:33,726
Temujin.
326
00:47:33,810 --> 00:47:35,144
My son, Bortei!
327
00:47:37,647 --> 00:47:39,983
You are my wife,
this is my son.
328
00:47:42,902 --> 00:47:46,197
You knew he would be a boy,
you always said it.
329
00:47:46,281 --> 00:47:51,035
It had to be.
How else could he
follow after me?
330
00:47:52,078 --> 00:47:54,330
The day I first noticed
your body growing larger,
331
00:47:54,414 --> 00:47:58,293
I gave orders then
to Shan to have
a saddle built,
332
00:47:58,376 --> 00:48:02,672
a small one, of course,
a bow and a sword, all
of which bear his name.
333
00:48:02,755 --> 00:48:05,049
Don't torment me.
His name.
334
00:48:05,592 --> 00:48:07,302
My son's name.
335
00:48:08,052 --> 00:48:11,014
Jochi,
the founder of
our tribe.
336
00:48:11,472 --> 00:48:15,310
Jochi. Jochi.
It's a pretty name.
337
00:48:15,977 --> 00:48:17,145
It is not meant
to be pretty.
338
00:48:17,228 --> 00:48:20,481
It is a man's name as
befits the leader
of our tribe.
339
00:48:20,565 --> 00:48:24,152
Only, by the
time he is a man,
it will be a nation.
340
00:48:25,945 --> 00:48:30,408
If any man could ever do
it, that man is Temujin
of the Yesugai.
341
00:48:32,702 --> 00:48:34,579
Temujin of the Mongols.
342
00:49:01,105 --> 00:49:03,608
Men who could build this
should rule the world.
343
00:49:03,691 --> 00:49:06,611
So our ancestors
thought when they
first conceived it.
344
00:49:07,570 --> 00:49:11,240
2,000 miles from
the great ocean to
the southern mountains.
345
00:49:12,325 --> 00:49:17,080
But, alas, now we
cannot rule ourselves,
let alone the world.
346
00:49:17,163 --> 00:49:18,623
My lord!
347
00:49:22,877 --> 00:49:26,464
They are friends.
Soldiers of the
emperor.
348
00:49:36,307 --> 00:49:37,517
Glass.
349
00:49:37,892 --> 00:49:39,727
Simply reflecting
the sun's rays.
350
00:49:40,645 --> 00:49:44,983
But it can carry messages
further and faster than
the swiftest horseman.
351
00:49:46,567 --> 00:49:49,529
A childish device,
but not without
usefulness.
352
00:49:49,612 --> 00:49:52,115
Please receive it
as an unworthy gift.
353
00:49:53,825 --> 00:49:56,536
One drawback, however,
I should point out.
354
00:49:57,829 --> 00:50:00,289
For reasons which
will soon become
apparent,
355
00:50:00,373 --> 00:50:04,669
it's best not to let
such devices fall into
the hands of a woman.
356
00:50:33,823 --> 00:50:36,993
All the fat bears
should be no match
for wolves.
357
00:50:37,660 --> 00:50:39,120
Remember that now.
358
00:52:35,444 --> 00:52:39,448
I shall ask for an audience
with the emperor, I'm sure
it will be arranged.
359
00:52:39,532 --> 00:52:40,908
I shall be honored.
360
00:52:40,992 --> 00:52:43,161
The emperor also
will be honored.
361
00:53:17,403 --> 00:53:18,529
I'm telling you,
362
00:53:18,613 --> 00:53:21,115
they're going
to boil us alive
and then eat us.
363
00:53:27,663 --> 00:53:28,497
No!
364
00:53:28,581 --> 00:53:30,541
They're only going
to wash us.
365
00:53:30,625 --> 00:53:31,626
Wash?
366
00:53:31,709 --> 00:53:33,419
Must be a custom
of the country.
367
00:53:33,502 --> 00:53:34,712
Why?
368
00:53:34,795 --> 00:53:36,923
I don't know, but
I don't intend
to find out.
369
00:53:37,006 --> 00:53:38,299
Well, I do.
370
00:53:57,652 --> 00:54:01,781
Shan! Shan!
371
00:54:03,699 --> 00:54:06,077
I know you're down
there. Come out.
372
00:54:10,998 --> 00:54:13,000
I'm
only being washed.
373
00:54:16,128 --> 00:54:17,296
Wait!
374
00:55:27,408 --> 00:55:29,368
Our ambassador has
told us how much
he owes
375
00:55:29,452 --> 00:55:31,829
to your skill,
bravery and courtesy.
376
00:55:32,788 --> 00:55:34,707
Kam Ling
is generous,
Your Majesty.
377
00:55:34,790 --> 00:55:37,335
He has also told us
that you are a shrewd
and observant man.
378
00:55:37,418 --> 00:55:38,753
That is unusual.
379
00:55:38,836 --> 00:55:42,590
I have always believed
that fighting, horses
and women
380
00:55:42,673 --> 00:55:45,384
were the sole interests
of the men of your nation.
381
00:55:45,468 --> 00:55:48,721
Tribes constantly at war
with one another cannot
be called a nation.
382
00:55:48,804 --> 00:55:51,265
Then we shall do nothing
to discourage your quarrels.
383
00:55:51,349 --> 00:55:53,351
As long as you Mongols
fight among yourselves,
384
00:55:53,434 --> 00:55:56,020
I and my people should
have little to worry us.
385
00:55:56,103 --> 00:56:00,274
Surely a nation as rich
and strong as yours
has nothing to fear.
386
00:56:00,358 --> 00:56:04,070
Fear? The Chinese
empire knows no
such word.
387
00:56:05,988 --> 00:56:08,324
Then what is the purpose
of the Great Wall?
388
00:56:09,492 --> 00:56:12,661
The Wall merely ensures
that civilization,
knowledge,
389
00:56:12,745 --> 00:56:15,289
the arts, as we know
them, shall survive.
390
00:56:15,373 --> 00:56:18,084
It is there to keep what
we have to ourselves.
391
00:56:18,167 --> 00:56:19,752
To keep people in.
392
00:56:20,461 --> 00:56:22,129
To keep me?
393
00:56:22,213 --> 00:56:25,257
I find you
profoundly entertaining.
394
00:56:25,341 --> 00:56:28,010
You make such direct
and positive statements.
395
00:56:28,094 --> 00:56:32,973
You and your strong, wild
men arrive in my city
like a rush of wind.
396
00:56:33,557 --> 00:56:35,601
A fresh sort of wind.
397
00:56:36,352 --> 00:56:38,229
We pray to the wind.
398
00:56:38,312 --> 00:56:39,438
Charming.
399
00:56:39,522 --> 00:56:40,940
To the four winds.
400
00:56:41,023 --> 00:56:42,316
Better and better.
401
00:56:42,400 --> 00:56:43,818
We have a game
of chance
402
00:56:43,901 --> 00:56:46,570
in which the four winds
are of paramount
importance.
403
00:56:46,654 --> 00:56:48,364
Listen to them.
404
00:56:48,447 --> 00:56:53,702
Did you ever hear anything
more delicate or exquisite
than their sweet, sad song?
405
00:56:54,286 --> 00:56:57,623
Poetry itself could
not be more profound.
406
00:56:58,916 --> 00:57:01,627
Do you write poetry,
Temujin?
407
00:57:02,128 --> 00:57:05,005
I do not. I have
never yet found
the time.
408
00:57:05,089 --> 00:57:08,551
Then I shall
instruct you.
I myself am a poet.
409
00:57:08,968 --> 00:57:10,970
That is why you
were sent here,
410
00:57:11,053 --> 00:57:13,347
and this is where
you must stay,
my friend.
411
00:57:13,431 --> 00:57:16,475
There is destiny in
your coming here,
believe me.
412
00:57:16,559 --> 00:57:20,646
When you speak of destiny,
this is something
I must believe.
413
00:57:20,729 --> 00:57:22,731
At last we agree
about something.
414
00:57:25,025 --> 00:57:27,570
We shall find many
more things in common.
415
00:57:27,653 --> 00:57:30,906
Take the birds away.
Their chattering
distracts me.
416
00:57:31,574 --> 00:57:34,452
We must discuss the
gods to whom you pray.
417
00:57:34,535 --> 00:57:37,746
Primitive religions have
always fascinated me.
418
00:57:37,830 --> 00:57:40,875
And while you exchange
your knowledge of
military matters,
419
00:57:40,958 --> 00:57:44,545
I shall instruct you
in the art of poetry
and painting.
420
00:57:45,713 --> 00:57:48,966
I find it difficult to
control my impatience,
Your Majesty.
421
00:57:53,971 --> 00:57:56,307
Take it.
It grows heavy.
422
00:57:59,351 --> 00:58:02,938
The one in white.
Have her raise
her head.
423
00:58:06,984 --> 00:58:09,445
Tonight I am in
the summer palace.
424
00:58:10,321 --> 00:58:13,199
Have her brought
to me at midnight.
425
00:58:39,725 --> 00:58:41,143
Prisoners.
426
00:58:41,519 --> 00:58:44,396
Make no
mistake about it.
We are prisoners.
427
00:58:47,274 --> 00:58:49,360
In an ivory cage,
of course.
428
00:58:50,027 --> 00:58:52,530
We should never have
headed for the East.
429
00:58:52,613 --> 00:58:55,115
What else did
the emperor
say, Temujin?
430
00:58:57,785 --> 00:58:59,703
It's what he didn't say,
431
00:58:59,787 --> 00:59:01,872
that there are over
2,000 men on the
walls of Peking,
432
00:59:01,956 --> 00:59:04,583
and that our horses
have been taken.
433
00:59:07,127 --> 00:59:08,921
Just what do you think
we should have done,
Subodai?
434
00:59:09,004 --> 00:59:10,839
You're always so
quick with advice.
435
00:59:10,923 --> 00:59:13,133
It is what
I have always said.
436
00:59:13,217 --> 00:59:15,886
If we had not run,
but stopped and
fought Jamuga,
437
00:59:15,970 --> 00:59:18,722
none of us would
have to be here
now. None of us.
438
00:59:19,974 --> 00:59:22,393
You have a strong
right arm, Subodai,
439
00:59:22,768 --> 00:59:24,728
and I like to know
it is at my side.
440
00:59:24,812 --> 00:59:29,692
But your mouth is young
and it needs training.
441
00:59:35,239 --> 00:59:37,783
With enough training,
my brother,
442
00:59:37,866 --> 00:59:40,494
you may yet become
my strong right arm.
443
00:59:40,578 --> 00:59:42,663
For I have need
of another.
444
00:59:52,590 --> 00:59:56,594
This peacock, this emperor,
has overlooked one thing.
445
00:59:57,261 --> 00:59:59,096
There is much to
be learned here,
446
00:59:59,179 --> 01:00:01,015
much that can
be used later.
447
01:00:01,098 --> 01:00:04,351
And if this is a prison,
I can think of worse
hardships.
448
01:00:04,435 --> 01:00:06,645
Yes. I know I've
never eaten so well.
449
01:00:06,729 --> 01:00:09,523
As for me, I even
enjoy being clean.
450
01:00:09,607 --> 01:00:13,611
It's not
the being clean that you
enjoy, it's the washing.
451
01:00:13,694 --> 01:00:15,696
Well, the women
are beautiful,
I must say.
452
01:00:17,865 --> 01:00:19,700
All of which the
emperor hopes
453
01:00:19,783 --> 01:00:21,660
you will learn
to appreciate,
454
01:00:21,744 --> 01:00:24,705
until soft living
is all you are
fit for.
455
01:00:26,332 --> 01:00:27,875
Bortei is right.
456
01:00:27,958 --> 01:00:30,836
I do not want
any of our men
fat and useless.
457
01:00:31,503 --> 01:00:34,590
We will all exercise
every morning,
for a start.
458
01:01:12,795 --> 01:01:15,172
A Mongol never
leaves his blade.
459
01:01:15,631 --> 01:01:17,466
Not unless
he is dead.
460
01:01:20,302 --> 01:01:22,846
Just a reminder
for you to carry.
461
01:01:22,930 --> 01:01:25,849
Look! Over there!
A signal!
462
01:01:30,604 --> 01:01:32,731
What do they say?
463
01:01:32,815 --> 01:01:35,567
I'm not
certain, but it
must be urgent.
464
01:01:41,115 --> 01:01:44,702
Take the map away. It's
not only inaccurate,
it's inartistic.
465
01:01:44,785 --> 01:01:46,370
Stop them weeping
and wailing.
466
01:01:46,453 --> 01:01:48,414
I want advice,
not pandemonium.
467
01:01:55,546 --> 01:01:59,466
The situation occasions
alarm, it does not
merit hysteria.
468
01:01:59,550 --> 01:02:02,052
A ragged army of
a few thousand
Manchurians
469
01:02:02,136 --> 01:02:04,596
have captured
the city of Hopeh,
that is all.
470
01:02:05,889 --> 01:02:09,393
We also consider that
6,000 Imperial Cavalry
471
01:02:09,476 --> 01:02:11,645
were routed and
put to flight.
472
01:02:11,729 --> 01:02:13,564
But that is
nothing new.
473
01:02:13,647 --> 01:02:16,650
No doubt, in our
lifetime, it will
happen again.
474
01:02:20,195 --> 01:02:21,488
Prince Temujin.
475
01:02:21,572 --> 01:02:24,867
You and your kinsmen
seem amused at the
news of our disaster.
476
01:02:24,950 --> 01:02:26,285
Not at the news,
Your Majesty,
477
01:02:26,368 --> 01:02:27,911
only at the way
you receive it.
478
01:02:27,995 --> 01:02:31,832
A few thousand Manchurians
are of little account,
admittedly.
479
01:02:31,915 --> 01:02:33,667
But their example
might be serious.
480
01:02:33,751 --> 01:02:37,254
Others might also realize
that the Great Wall
means nothing.
481
01:02:39,590 --> 01:02:42,885
I wish to speak to
my friend, Prince
Temujin, alone.
482
01:02:51,643 --> 01:02:53,687
Bring hot wine
and tea.
483
01:02:53,771 --> 01:02:56,148
Do you stay and
keep us company.
484
01:03:07,951 --> 01:03:11,997
This is how I relax in
moments of disaster
and anguish.
485
01:03:12,080 --> 01:03:15,918
I find painting has a
soothing and calming
property.
486
01:03:16,001 --> 01:03:18,212
I see that you
paint very well.
487
01:03:18,962 --> 01:03:20,756
You are no beginner.
488
01:03:20,839 --> 01:03:24,009
He is hinting that
we are accustomed
to disaster.
489
01:03:24,092 --> 01:03:26,428
I fear we've
underrated
our friend.
490
01:03:26,512 --> 01:03:29,056
He has an unexpected
gift of subtlety.
491
01:03:30,432 --> 01:03:34,520
Oh. The Shamsu
is a rice wine
of great delicacy.
492
01:03:34,603 --> 01:03:36,021
May I offer you some?
493
01:03:36,104 --> 01:03:37,564
For me, the tea.
494
01:03:37,648 --> 01:03:39,274
For me, the wine.
495
01:03:40,234 --> 01:03:42,402
I was not suspicious
of it, Majesty,
496
01:03:42,486 --> 01:03:44,363
but I have forbidden
it to my men to drink,
497
01:03:44,446 --> 01:03:45,906
as you probably
have heard.
498
01:03:45,989 --> 01:03:47,324
I have heard.
499
01:03:47,825 --> 01:03:51,870
And if my curiosity
does not greatly
offend, why?
500
01:03:53,747 --> 01:03:56,583
Because I wanted my
men to be ready for
a day such as this.
501
01:03:56,667 --> 01:04:00,254
Ah! Please to continue.
I am listening.
502
01:04:00,337 --> 01:04:02,506
These Manchu...
It is just that
the fate of an empire
503
01:04:02,589 --> 01:04:06,593
is of small importance
compared to a poem
by Tso Ling,
504
01:04:07,052 --> 01:04:10,848
or a painting by my
distinguished ancestor,
Mao Kung.
505
01:04:11,849 --> 01:04:13,350
You were saying?
506
01:04:14,852 --> 01:04:18,146
You would save much
time if you let me
say something.
507
01:04:18,230 --> 01:04:21,108
That means you
have something
to offer. What?
508
01:04:21,859 --> 01:04:25,904
These Manchurian invaders,
you'd like them destroyed
as soon as possible?
509
01:04:25,988 --> 01:04:28,699
Unfortunately,
my army has
melted away.
510
01:04:28,782 --> 01:04:30,117
I will raise you
another one.
511
01:04:30,200 --> 01:04:31,493
Mongols?
512
01:04:32,911 --> 01:04:34,246
How much?
513
01:04:34,329 --> 01:04:35,289
You mean money?
514
01:04:35,372 --> 01:04:37,624
What else do soldiers
fight for?
515
01:04:40,252 --> 01:04:43,463
A large chest of gold
for each of my three
brothers-in-law,
516
01:04:43,547 --> 01:04:46,550
so that I can send
them out to recruit
only the best men.
517
01:04:48,343 --> 01:04:50,846
How could I be sure I
was not just replacing
518
01:04:50,929 --> 01:04:53,432
one army of invaders
with another?
519
01:04:53,891 --> 01:04:55,726
You cannot be sure.
520
01:04:58,020 --> 01:05:00,272
There is a solution,
Great One.
521
01:05:00,898 --> 01:05:04,067
I myself, who know
him better, would
trust Temujin.
522
01:05:04,902 --> 01:05:10,365
But if he were to
leave his wife and son as
hostages in your keeping...
523
01:05:11,992 --> 01:05:13,160
I agree.
524
01:05:13,785 --> 01:05:17,122
See that Prince Temujin
has all the gold he needs.
525
01:05:17,205 --> 01:05:18,665
And we will offer
a special reward
526
01:05:18,749 --> 01:05:22,210
for which one of
your wife's brothers
does most to help us.
527
01:05:22,294 --> 01:05:23,545
There is no need.
528
01:05:23,629 --> 01:05:25,672
It is a custom,
and a charming one,
529
01:05:25,756 --> 01:05:29,509
to announce the reward
before the service
is performed.
530
01:05:29,593 --> 01:05:32,346
In our experience,
it often helps with
the accomplishment.
531
01:05:32,429 --> 01:05:35,015
Have the court
brought back.
532
01:05:35,098 --> 01:05:38,685
I wish them to see how
tired and exhausted
their emperor is,
533
01:05:39,061 --> 01:05:42,481
working devotedly
in the service
of his people.
534
01:05:43,565 --> 01:05:44,900
I will do so, Great Emperor,
535
01:05:44,983 --> 01:05:48,445
but as Temujin and I
have so much to do...
536
01:05:49,613 --> 01:05:53,742
Very well. In any case,
you've both seen
the state I'm in.
537
01:06:08,757 --> 01:06:11,301
Where's he taking us?
538
01:06:11,385 --> 01:06:13,679
The horses are ready.
Why can't we be
on our way?
539
01:06:13,762 --> 01:06:16,139
Because the emperor
wants you to take
a memory with you,
540
01:06:16,223 --> 01:06:19,351
a vision that will
bring you back all
the sooner.
541
01:06:52,926 --> 01:06:54,302
Look at the
picture.
542
01:07:05,397 --> 01:07:09,651
The Princess Chin Yu.
Emperor's youngest
daughter.
543
01:07:09,735 --> 01:07:14,322
Whichever one of you
returns with the best
company of horsemen,
544
01:07:14,406 --> 01:07:15,449
he shall have her.
545
01:07:15,532 --> 01:07:18,326
Is there any reason
we can't start now?
546
01:09:32,836 --> 01:09:33,837
Subodai.
547
01:09:51,563 --> 01:09:54,357
Teach her to be
a woman while I'm away.
548
01:10:58,546 --> 01:11:01,049
They're less than
an hour back.
549
01:11:01,675 --> 01:11:03,260
Jamuga leads them.
550
01:11:05,679 --> 01:11:07,138
See to your men.
551
01:11:08,014 --> 01:11:09,099
Now!
552
01:11:14,562 --> 01:11:17,440
Your troops will
lead the attack,
up through there.
553
01:11:17,524 --> 01:11:19,651
It is only fitting
we have the honor.
554
01:11:19,734 --> 01:11:22,070
You will not attack
with any great success.
555
01:11:22,153 --> 01:11:24,197
You will then
fall back.
556
01:11:24,281 --> 01:11:25,615
Retreat?
557
01:11:25,699 --> 01:11:28,243
You have had some
experience of that,
I imagine.
558
01:11:28,326 --> 01:11:29,494
But we lose face.
559
01:11:29,577 --> 01:11:31,538
Better to lose face
than your head,
560
01:11:31,621 --> 01:11:35,417
as the unsuccessful
defender of Hopeh
has apparently done.
561
01:11:36,042 --> 01:11:37,335
When you fall back
through here,
562
01:11:37,419 --> 01:11:40,463
my Mongols will fall on
them from both flanks.
563
01:11:40,547 --> 01:11:43,967
Then you will lead your
troops back again
at my command.
564
01:11:44,050 --> 01:11:47,679
Now get your men into
position. I will tell
you when to move forward.
565
01:11:52,684 --> 01:11:53,727
Jamuga.
566
01:14:11,573 --> 01:14:13,241
Halt!
567
01:14:15,452 --> 01:14:17,787
A quick death would
be too easy.
568
01:14:24,169 --> 01:14:25,670
You can choose.
569
01:14:26,171 --> 01:14:30,008
Either you live to follow
the banner of Temujin,
570
01:14:31,676 --> 01:14:33,636
or you die with
your leaders.
571
01:14:37,599 --> 01:14:39,517
Now, show them to me,
572
01:14:39,601 --> 01:14:42,770
these men who led you
into rebellion against
your empire.
573
01:14:53,573 --> 01:14:54,657
Subodai.
574
01:15:08,922 --> 01:15:10,173
Jamuga.
575
01:15:12,050 --> 01:15:14,010
You will pray
for death.
576
01:15:14,677 --> 01:15:17,722
When the chang you
wear grows heavier
and heavier,
577
01:15:18,139 --> 01:15:21,226
and the laughter it
brings grows louder
and louder.
578
01:15:21,976 --> 01:15:25,063
And you, Temujin, will
live to regret this day
579
01:15:25,688 --> 01:15:28,274
when you withheld
the blade from my neck.
580
01:16:03,643 --> 01:16:07,063
The barbarian of
all barbarians.
581
01:16:07,730 --> 01:16:10,400
The Mongol who led
the Manchurians.
582
01:16:12,819 --> 01:16:15,530
And it is fitting that
his punishment
be far greater
583
01:16:15,613 --> 01:16:18,616
than for those whose
heads I have brought
you.
584
01:16:19,409 --> 01:16:21,911
The Lord Jamuga,
Your Majesty.
585
01:16:34,299 --> 01:16:39,846
"In celebration of
the Lord Temujin's
great victories
586
01:16:40,597 --> 01:16:44,350
"over the Manchurian
rebel invaders,
587
01:16:45,351 --> 01:16:48,688
"it is our will that
from this day on,
588
01:16:49,939 --> 01:16:53,151
"he will be called the
Prince of Conquerors,
589
01:16:54,444 --> 01:16:55,570
"the Genghis Khan!"
590
01:16:55,653 --> 01:16:59,741
Genghis Khan!
Genghis Khan!
591
01:16:59,824 --> 01:17:04,078
Genghis Khan! Genghis Khan!
592
01:17:04,162 --> 01:17:06,372
Genghis Khan!
593
01:17:15,340 --> 01:17:16,883
Spare us, Lord.
594
01:17:17,467 --> 01:17:20,553
We meant it only
to be a salute
to your victory.
595
01:17:29,228 --> 01:17:31,981
How did the thunder
crash at your command?
596
01:17:32,565 --> 01:17:35,318
It is a simple
alchemist's trick.
597
01:17:35,401 --> 01:17:37,695
But we used too
much black powder.
598
01:17:41,699 --> 01:17:43,117
Black powder.
599
01:17:47,288 --> 01:17:49,082
Come to me tonight.
600
01:17:49,165 --> 01:17:51,751
And bring some of
your powder with you.
601
01:17:52,293 --> 01:17:54,879
I want to see how
you make it thunder.
602
01:18:06,349 --> 01:18:09,018
They make
lightning this time,
but no thunder.
603
01:18:09,102 --> 01:18:10,645
That is something
we've discovered
in their experiments.
604
01:18:10,728 --> 01:18:14,107
It thunders only
when confined in
a container.
605
01:18:14,190 --> 01:18:18,152
Then it can hurl a stone
even further than the
longest bow shot.
606
01:18:19,904 --> 01:18:21,698
Shall we demonstrate?
607
01:19:06,659 --> 01:19:09,871
So far you have
used this only to
make noises of welcome?
608
01:19:09,954 --> 01:19:13,374
And sometimes to make
pretty effects and
fire and sparks
609
01:19:13,458 --> 01:19:16,294
to amuse the children.
We have many variations.
610
01:19:17,795 --> 01:19:20,214
I can tell what
you are thinking.
611
01:19:26,429 --> 01:19:29,974
It is your duty,
both as a holy man
and as a man of wisdom,
612
01:19:30,933 --> 01:19:33,436
to profit from
all this knowledge.
613
01:19:43,237 --> 01:19:45,031
Do you want
something?
614
01:19:45,865 --> 01:19:48,201
Give me that blue
horse, will you?
615
01:20:10,723 --> 01:20:11,891
Come. Come.
616
01:20:22,777 --> 01:20:25,530
And I tell you
again, it has to be done.
617
01:20:27,073 --> 01:20:31,160
As long as this man lives,
none of his tribe will
join with you.
618
01:20:31,244 --> 01:20:34,872
They can't.
You know their laws,
and our laws, too.
619
01:20:35,331 --> 01:20:37,041
To kill him would be
an act of mercy.
620
01:20:37,124 --> 01:20:40,253
Oh, I'm not
talking of mercy,
but of common sense.
621
01:20:43,589 --> 01:20:45,633
Listen to me, Temujin.
622
01:20:45,716 --> 01:20:49,470
Hear me well, and one day
remember that I warned you.
623
01:20:50,388 --> 01:20:52,807
There are only two things
you can do with Jamuga.
624
01:20:52,890 --> 01:20:55,726
Put him under the
ground for all time,
625
01:20:56,477 --> 01:20:58,437
or put him at your side
626
01:20:58,980 --> 01:21:01,023
and have the Merkits
ride with you.
627
01:21:02,900 --> 01:21:04,902
Are you out of
your mind, woman?
628
01:21:04,986 --> 01:21:08,656
Jamuga, who killed my father,
kept me in chains,
629
01:21:08,739 --> 01:21:11,325
or is all this forgotten?
All forgiven?
630
01:21:12,702 --> 01:21:15,121
And you, the scar
he put on your back,
631
01:21:15,830 --> 01:21:18,666
has that also
disappeared with
the passing of time?
632
01:21:18,749 --> 01:21:20,626
Neither the scar
on my back,
633
01:21:20,710 --> 01:21:23,296
nor the memories of
how it came there.
634
01:21:24,088 --> 01:21:25,423
No, Temujin.
635
01:21:27,049 --> 01:21:28,843
These I don't forget.
636
01:21:30,136 --> 01:21:32,722
Nor the hatred
I have for this man.
637
01:21:35,266 --> 01:21:36,601
And yet,
638
01:21:37,184 --> 01:21:39,604
to help you make
what you want
come true,
639
01:21:39,687 --> 01:21:42,148
to make our people
into a nation,
640
01:21:42,231 --> 01:21:45,693
I could set aside
my hatred, because
it would be necessary.
641
01:21:45,776 --> 01:21:49,780
Then it shows how little
you know of me to think
that I could, too.
642
01:21:49,864 --> 01:21:52,366
I know you better
than you think.
643
01:22:00,249 --> 01:22:02,877
Break it across
your knee, Temujin.
644
01:22:06,964 --> 01:22:09,175
Now the two pieces, together.
645
01:22:13,846 --> 01:22:16,307
I know what you are
trying to tell me.
646
01:22:16,390 --> 01:22:19,226
That we are only strong
when we are undivided.
647
01:22:19,310 --> 01:22:21,520
And one day,
you will listen.
648
01:23:20,788 --> 01:23:22,164
Leave us.
649
01:23:27,420 --> 01:23:30,548
Is it possible for you
to be a Mongol first,
650
01:23:31,007 --> 01:23:34,385
and only secondly
Jamuga, chief of
the Merkit tribe?
651
01:23:38,222 --> 01:23:40,558
Has the chang
also smothered
your tongue?
652
01:23:40,641 --> 01:23:41,934
Not yet.
653
01:23:42,393 --> 01:23:45,104
Perhaps if I wear it
as long as you did.
654
01:23:46,063 --> 01:23:48,733
Once, you took the
chang off my neck.
655
01:23:50,401 --> 01:23:52,987
Perhaps I can do
the same for you.
656
01:23:54,280 --> 01:23:55,531
The price?
657
01:23:55,614 --> 01:23:57,241
There is no price.
658
01:23:57,825 --> 01:24:00,036
Only a dream accomplished.
659
01:24:00,119 --> 01:24:03,706
A unified Mongol nation,
not just separate
warring tribes.
660
01:24:03,789 --> 01:24:06,333
With the Lord Temujin
at its head.
661
01:24:06,709 --> 01:24:08,711
The stars have
written it.
662
01:24:09,837 --> 01:24:12,006
Geen, my holy man,
tells me this is true.
663
01:24:16,135 --> 01:24:18,929
A Mongol nation will
come, Jamuga, it will.
664
01:24:19,722 --> 01:24:21,891
But if the Merkits
ride at our side,
it will come sooner.
665
01:24:21,974 --> 01:24:25,269
The Merkits need
no other tribes to
ride beside them.
666
01:24:25,352 --> 01:24:27,229
Behind them,
I should say.
667
01:24:27,313 --> 01:24:29,231
All others
fear us already.
668
01:24:29,315 --> 01:24:31,150
Our power,
our strength.
669
01:24:31,859 --> 01:24:34,487
Even my death
cannot destroy that.
670
01:24:34,570 --> 01:24:37,531
Is your thinking so small
that you can only think
about yourself?
671
01:24:37,615 --> 01:24:41,827
And what do you think of,
then, with this wild dream
of yours of a Mongol nation?
672
01:24:41,911 --> 01:24:44,789
And apart from these
stars you speak of,
673
01:24:44,872 --> 01:24:48,542
what else makes
you think you have
been chosen to rule?
674
01:24:49,418 --> 01:24:52,213
You will die carrying
that chang, Jamuga.
675
01:24:52,296 --> 01:24:55,091
Unless I have your
word now that your
Merkits ride with us
676
01:24:55,174 --> 01:24:57,259
the day we leave China.
677
01:24:57,343 --> 01:24:58,844
And that day is soon.
678
01:25:00,763 --> 01:25:03,015
If I were free
from this yoke,
679
01:25:04,600 --> 01:25:08,104
my hands would still
your jackal breath
forever.
680
01:25:09,230 --> 01:25:10,564
Subodai!
681
01:25:14,819 --> 01:25:17,321
Put this animal
back in his cage.
682
01:25:42,680 --> 01:25:43,931
Your celestial Majesty...
683
01:25:44,014 --> 01:25:45,683
Kam Ling, have you
no heart to interrupt
684
01:25:45,766 --> 01:25:48,227
these exquisite
little songbirds?
685
01:25:48,769 --> 01:25:51,272
My interruption
brings pleasant
news.
686
01:25:51,981 --> 01:25:53,732
Oh, very well.
687
01:25:55,276 --> 01:25:57,444
Come here,
my little sparrow.
688
01:26:01,073 --> 01:26:02,867
Come and sit
beside me.
689
01:26:04,952 --> 01:26:06,620
Go on, if you must.
690
01:26:07,246 --> 01:26:11,584
Genghis Khan has arranged
a demonstration tonight,
for you and your court,
691
01:26:11,667 --> 01:26:14,628
to thank you for all
your kindnesses
over the years.
692
01:26:14,712 --> 01:26:16,130
Don't tremble, child.
693
01:26:16,213 --> 01:26:18,674
Although divine,
I'm also human.
694
01:26:19,175 --> 01:26:21,218
And as a farewell.
695
01:26:22,636 --> 01:26:23,846
Farewell?
696
01:26:24,597 --> 01:26:26,182
Did you know
about this?
697
01:26:26,265 --> 01:26:28,851
They wish to return
to their own lands.
698
01:26:29,226 --> 01:26:30,811
I cannot allow it.
699
01:26:30,895 --> 01:26:34,565
I have told you many
times of my dream of
a united people.
700
01:26:34,648 --> 01:26:38,527
And should it take
force to accomplish it,
I have the men now.
701
01:26:38,611 --> 01:26:40,613
And I have
trained them well.
702
01:26:40,696 --> 01:26:42,072
And I bought them.
703
01:26:42,156 --> 01:26:44,742
And you are my general,
Genghis Khan.
704
01:26:44,825 --> 01:26:46,785
And their leader.
705
01:26:47,453 --> 01:26:49,705
Kam Ling, you are
the Khan's friend.
706
01:26:49,788 --> 01:26:52,041
Not his only one,
I hasten to add.
707
01:26:52,124 --> 01:26:55,044
Do you reason with him,
for his own good.
708
01:26:59,215 --> 01:27:01,842
The emperor wants
to remind you of
your first meeting,
709
01:27:01,926 --> 01:27:03,719
what then was said,
710
01:27:04,094 --> 01:27:07,806
that the
Great Wall of China
is to keep people in.
711
01:27:07,890 --> 01:27:11,685
And that there are
3,000 armed men on
the Peking walls,
712
01:27:11,769 --> 01:27:13,687
and that we are
still prisoners.
713
01:27:13,771 --> 01:27:15,606
Prisoners? Friends.
714
01:27:15,689 --> 01:27:17,775
And what sort of talk
is this among friends?
715
01:27:17,858 --> 01:27:20,236
I want no more of it.
I've had a terrible day.
716
01:27:20,319 --> 01:27:22,112
Headaches,
all this caterwauling.
717
01:27:22,196 --> 01:27:24,281
Get away,
you unbeautiful
little brutes!
718
01:27:24,365 --> 01:27:25,574
All of you.
719
01:27:25,658 --> 01:27:27,743
And now this talk
of leaving me.
720
01:27:27,826 --> 01:27:30,412
You've... You've
cut me to the heart.
721
01:27:30,496 --> 01:27:32,790
That was not
my intention,
I assure you.
722
01:27:32,873 --> 01:27:35,292
I knew you would do
nothing to hurt me.
723
01:27:36,210 --> 01:27:37,878
But my demonstration?
724
01:27:37,962 --> 01:27:39,672
There's no reason
to abandon it.
725
01:27:39,755 --> 01:27:42,007
We have another saying,
another way of suggesting
726
01:27:42,091 --> 01:27:44,510
you make the
best of things.
It's very apt.
727
01:27:44,593 --> 01:27:48,722
"Better to light one candle
than to curse the darkness."
728
01:27:48,806 --> 01:27:50,557
As you say,
very apt.
729
01:27:57,064 --> 01:28:00,025
Nevertheless,
you will have
him watched.
730
01:28:00,109 --> 01:28:01,694
I thought you would
be pleased to see
731
01:28:01,777 --> 01:28:04,405
Genghis Khan and his
horsemen ride away.
732
01:28:04,488 --> 01:28:07,825
So that one day they
may ride back,
as conquerors?
733
01:28:07,908 --> 01:28:10,244
The Khan knows us
for what we are,
734
01:28:10,327 --> 01:28:12,371
rich,
but regrettably weak.
735
01:28:12,454 --> 01:28:14,206
What will you do?
736
01:28:14,290 --> 01:28:18,252
The barbarian Temujin
brought back from the
Manchurian battle...
737
01:28:19,086 --> 01:28:20,713
Jamuga.
Jamuga.
738
01:28:21,297 --> 01:28:23,215
Have him
brought to me,
739
01:28:24,425 --> 01:28:25,884
in secret.
740
01:28:52,494 --> 01:28:54,913
Your message said
it was urgent.
741
01:28:57,750 --> 01:28:59,668
We have no secrets.
742
01:29:01,795 --> 01:29:03,881
Least of all from her.
743
01:29:05,966 --> 01:29:08,510
This is most difficult
for me, my lord.
744
01:29:09,011 --> 01:29:11,680
My loyalties must not
be misunderstood,
745
01:29:11,764 --> 01:29:14,600
but they are for my
country, for China,
746
01:29:14,683 --> 01:29:19,188
not for any individual,
no matter how important
or mighty he may be.
747
01:29:20,647 --> 01:29:24,151
I would say these are
the sentiments of
an honorable man.
748
01:29:24,860 --> 01:29:28,655
The emperor worries.
He fears your leaving.
749
01:29:29,740 --> 01:29:31,075
He is wrong.
750
01:29:31,158 --> 01:29:33,952
He and all in China
should fear your staying.
751
01:29:36,413 --> 01:29:38,916
He is a man of
subtlety, however,
752
01:29:39,583 --> 01:29:41,835
and there is
another solution.
753
01:29:42,711 --> 01:29:44,963
Your people stay,
you go,
754
01:29:46,256 --> 01:29:48,967
on a very long
journey, alone.
755
01:29:50,803 --> 01:29:52,054
Oh!
756
01:29:54,681 --> 01:29:56,850
You express
yourself beautifully.
757
01:29:56,934 --> 01:29:59,436
But who is to stab me
in my back?
758
01:29:59,520 --> 01:30:02,648
The emperor also understands
what would happen to our people
759
01:30:02,731 --> 01:30:05,359
if one of them should
strike you down.
760
01:30:08,612 --> 01:30:09,655
And so...
761
01:30:10,739 --> 01:30:13,158
You've walked too far
to stop now.
762
01:30:15,035 --> 01:30:18,914
Our people would be blameless
if your assassin were a Mongol.
763
01:30:21,625 --> 01:30:22,709
A Merkit.
764
01:30:24,711 --> 01:30:26,004
Jamuga!
765
01:30:27,714 --> 01:30:29,425
Bring him here.
766
01:30:33,137 --> 01:30:34,888
It would be better
if I were not present.
767
01:30:34,972 --> 01:30:36,473
You will stay,
my friend.
768
01:30:38,225 --> 01:30:39,560
You will stay.
769
01:30:51,780 --> 01:30:53,991
You'd like this key,
eh, Jamuga?
770
01:30:54,491 --> 01:30:56,577
Why not?
With the chang off,
771
01:30:56,660 --> 01:30:59,288
you might have had
a chance to save
your right arm.
772
01:30:59,371 --> 01:31:00,706
Assassin!
773
01:31:01,707 --> 01:31:03,333
Cut him down.
774
01:32:01,308 --> 01:32:03,435
So he still
can't be found.
775
01:32:04,019 --> 01:32:08,148
The one man who can
gather all the Merkits
against us, the one man.
776
01:32:09,983 --> 01:32:12,694
Call off your men.
Get them ready for
tonight's celebrations.
777
01:32:12,778 --> 01:32:14,821
With Jamuga
still at large?
778
01:32:14,905 --> 01:32:16,615
He will do nothing now.
779
01:32:16,698 --> 01:32:19,826
His own escape is
more important to
him than my life.
780
01:32:21,411 --> 01:32:24,206
And no more failures
this time, Subodai.
781
01:32:24,540 --> 01:32:27,417
Our plan for tonight
must meet with success.
782
01:32:30,629 --> 01:32:33,674
I'm sorry you will miss
tonight's celebrations.
783
01:32:33,757 --> 01:32:35,842
But perhaps you
can see some of the
fireworks from here.
784
01:33:41,199 --> 01:33:44,328
Amazing, the ingenuity
of the human mind.
785
01:33:45,162 --> 01:33:47,247
The Chinese mind,
of course.
786
01:34:14,399 --> 01:34:16,818
You are a true artist,
Prince Temujin.
787
01:34:16,902 --> 01:34:18,820
I knew it from
the first day.
788
01:34:18,904 --> 01:34:20,864
My profound
felicitations.
789
01:34:21,990 --> 01:34:23,825
And now for our
final display.
790
01:34:24,785 --> 01:34:25,869
Final?
791
01:34:25,952 --> 01:34:27,954
Perhaps you would
like to set it off.
792
01:34:28,038 --> 01:34:29,831
It would be
an honor.
793
01:34:37,798 --> 01:34:40,175
This last one will
be very special.
794
01:34:41,009 --> 01:34:44,304
You have saved the
best for the last.
A wise move.
795
01:34:44,388 --> 01:34:46,306
A touch of true
delicacy.
796
01:34:52,604 --> 01:34:57,192
As you yourself said,
"Better to light one candle
than to curse the darkness."
797
01:37:35,475 --> 01:37:37,310
This will be our camp.
798
01:38:00,458 --> 01:38:01,585
My lord!
799
01:38:01,668 --> 01:38:02,586
Here.
800
01:38:07,591 --> 01:38:09,968
How long do you intend
to hold me prisoner?
801
01:38:10,051 --> 01:38:11,595
Not prisoner.
802
01:38:11,678 --> 01:38:15,056
As your late emperor
said to me while
plotting my murder,
803
01:38:15,140 --> 01:38:17,183
you are here
as a friend.
804
01:38:17,267 --> 01:38:20,270
In that case,
I can only ask
that my death
805
01:38:21,187 --> 01:38:22,606
be a swift one.
806
01:38:24,482 --> 01:38:26,902
We will not speak
of dying, friend.
807
01:38:26,985 --> 01:38:29,571
Only a fool destroys
a wise man.
808
01:38:29,654 --> 01:38:32,991
You will sit at my
right hand and you
will counsel me.
809
01:38:33,074 --> 01:38:35,201
And I will listen
to your words.
810
01:38:35,285 --> 01:38:38,955
And if your words be wise,
they will make me wise, too.
811
01:38:39,039 --> 01:38:41,666
I will accept this
honorable appointment
812
01:38:42,083 --> 01:38:45,337
because I'm happy to
serve a lord whose
star grows brighter
813
01:38:46,212 --> 01:38:48,506
while the sun
of China fades.
814
01:38:48,924 --> 01:38:52,802
In addition,
I suspect I will find
the work more agreeable
815
01:38:53,720 --> 01:38:54,971
than death.
816
01:38:55,972 --> 01:38:58,725
My first advice is
to strike swiftly,
817
01:38:59,059 --> 01:39:03,146
to take what is left of
China before someone
else can do so.
818
01:39:04,105 --> 01:39:08,485
Word of this success will
bring other tribes to you
in increasing numbers.
819
01:39:09,819 --> 01:39:11,655
In the meantime...
820
01:39:12,530 --> 01:39:15,575
In the meantime,
we shall move westward.
821
01:39:16,409 --> 01:39:18,745
With China safely in
the hands of Jebai,
822
01:39:18,828 --> 01:39:21,164
Subodai will move
north into Russia,
823
01:39:21,247 --> 01:39:24,918
while Kassar drives south
to bring India to her knees.
824
01:39:25,794 --> 01:39:28,797
Samarkand and Bukhara
will fall easily to us,
825
01:39:29,339 --> 01:39:32,550
and Persia will be
ours for the taking.
826
01:39:34,469 --> 01:39:37,222
And the Mongols shall
rule from the heartland,
827
01:39:37,305 --> 01:39:39,849
from the very center
of the world.
828
01:39:41,059 --> 01:39:42,811
And Jamuga?
829
01:39:44,062 --> 01:39:47,315
The Merkits will
still have their
chance to join us.
830
01:39:47,399 --> 01:39:49,901
Mongol must not
fight Mongol again.
831
01:39:49,985 --> 01:39:52,445
Your ambition
destroys your honor.
832
01:39:52,529 --> 01:39:55,407
Is the man who
raped our sister
to go unanswered?
833
01:39:55,490 --> 01:39:58,868
Is the father of
his first-born son
to go unpunished?
834
01:40:01,079 --> 01:40:03,164
Jochi is my son.
835
01:40:03,498 --> 01:40:05,375
The man who lets
personal revenge
836
01:40:05,458 --> 01:40:08,003
take precedence over
the tasks before him
837
01:40:08,086 --> 01:40:09,838
will never complete
those tasks,
838
01:40:09,921 --> 01:40:11,589
and he will lose all
that he has gained.
839
01:40:11,673 --> 01:40:12,882
Stop!
840
01:40:14,843 --> 01:40:16,845
My word is the law.
841
01:40:18,805 --> 01:40:20,390
Now get on
with my work.
842
01:40:34,529 --> 01:40:38,658
Subodai is a small man.
They are all small men.
843
01:40:41,411 --> 01:40:43,830
Why are there
no men of stature,
844
01:40:44,414 --> 01:40:46,082
no men of imagination?
845
01:40:48,168 --> 01:40:50,837
It is not easy to match
a true conqueror.
846
01:40:51,755 --> 01:40:54,132
Perhaps once in
many centuries
847
01:40:54,215 --> 01:40:57,719
does the world produce
a man with the power
and the will
848
01:40:57,802 --> 01:41:00,221
equal to his vision
and destiny.
849
01:41:00,930 --> 01:41:04,934
Perhaps Temujin,
Genghis Khan,
is such a man.
850
01:41:08,063 --> 01:41:11,524
This was not said in
flattery, my lord,
I promise you.
851
01:41:14,694 --> 01:41:15,987
Leave me.
852
01:41:30,877 --> 01:41:32,212
Jamuga.
853
01:41:36,633 --> 01:41:40,011
In the next few
years, the Mongol hordes
of Genghis Khan
854
01:41:40,095 --> 01:41:43,098
seized all of China
north of the Yellow River,
855
01:41:43,181 --> 01:41:46,935
carved its way across
the Ural Mountains
into Russia
856
01:41:47,018 --> 01:41:50,021
and plunged southward
across the borders
of India.
857
01:41:50,897 --> 01:41:53,066
Having conquered
almost all of Asia,
858
01:41:53,149 --> 01:41:56,861
Temujin turned his armies
towards Samarkand and Bukhara.
859
01:41:57,445 --> 01:41:59,114
And when they were his,
860
01:41:59,197 --> 01:42:03,868
the great Persian empire of
Khwarezm lay before him,
ready for his sword.
861
01:42:10,625 --> 01:42:12,168
Come now, Jamuga.
862
01:42:12,502 --> 01:42:14,462
You are an
old general.
863
01:42:15,213 --> 01:42:18,049
You know very well
that even if I agreed
to join forces with you,
864
01:42:18,133 --> 01:42:20,635
you could never hope
to defeat this...
865
01:42:21,553 --> 01:42:24,430
Genghis...
This Khan.
No one else has.
866
01:42:24,514 --> 01:42:28,726
No one else has an army
equal in strength to
our combined forces.
867
01:42:29,060 --> 01:42:31,563
We will be
more than enough
to slaughter him.
868
01:42:31,646 --> 01:42:34,232
Ah, I have no desire
for slaughter.
869
01:42:34,566 --> 01:42:36,734
Lamb is for slaughter.
870
01:42:37,402 --> 01:42:39,904
This meat is very
sweet and succulent.
871
01:42:41,406 --> 01:42:45,451
No, no, I hear more
and more men flock to
his banner every day.
872
01:42:45,535 --> 01:42:48,913
Defeated men, weaklings.
The first to run in battle.
873
01:42:48,997 --> 01:42:50,540
But I have not
offended him.
874
01:42:50,623 --> 01:42:52,584
He has offended you.
875
01:42:53,293 --> 01:42:56,171
Years ago, that caravan
on the slave trail,
876
01:42:57,130 --> 01:43:00,466
his violation
of the treaty.
Oh, that was when...
877
01:43:00,550 --> 01:43:03,636
That was when the supply
from the East was cut off.
878
01:43:04,304 --> 01:43:07,640
No spices, no jewels,
no women.
879
01:43:08,933 --> 01:43:10,435
And remember this.
880
01:43:13,396 --> 01:43:16,649
Your country lies
directly in his path.
881
01:43:18,067 --> 01:43:20,778
Your only hope of
saving Khwarezm,
882
01:43:20,862 --> 01:43:22,780
of saving yourself,
883
01:43:23,656 --> 01:43:25,950
is to align yourself with me.
884
01:43:32,290 --> 01:43:35,668
There is only
one way to stop this
violator of treaties.
885
01:43:38,338 --> 01:43:41,549
You and I will ride
together against
this Genghis Khan.
886
01:43:42,675 --> 01:43:44,594
We will crush
this wolf,
887
01:43:45,220 --> 01:43:46,888
this thirster
after blood,
888
01:43:46,971 --> 01:43:50,433
this corrupt defiler of women,
889
01:43:50,516 --> 01:43:52,477
this scavenger.
890
01:43:53,019 --> 01:43:56,064
Your serenity speaks
words of wisdom.
891
01:43:57,815 --> 01:44:00,068
A gift shall seal
our bargain.
892
01:44:05,114 --> 01:44:06,824
One of my
daughters?
893
01:44:09,786 --> 01:44:11,037
Two?
894
01:44:15,041 --> 01:44:17,126
And my gift to you
895
01:44:17,210 --> 01:44:19,837
will be the head
of this Genghis Khan.
896
01:44:32,767 --> 01:44:35,687
The armies of the Shah
and Jamuga are joined
and on the march.
897
01:44:35,770 --> 01:44:38,439
They have already
crossed the Yalu river.
898
01:44:39,732 --> 01:44:42,068
Then the time
is here, finally.
899
01:45:06,092 --> 01:45:08,886
You are quite certain?
There can be no mistake?
900
01:45:08,970 --> 01:45:12,390
There's no mistake.
The last word placed
him five days away.
901
01:45:12,473 --> 01:45:13,641
We will have
the high ground.
902
01:45:13,725 --> 01:45:15,393
He will have
to come to us.
903
01:45:20,356 --> 01:45:23,276
"We will have the
high ground,"
you said.
904
01:45:23,359 --> 01:45:26,070
"They will have to
come to us," you said.
905
01:45:26,154 --> 01:45:28,156
And are
they not doing so?
906
01:45:28,239 --> 01:45:30,825
An emissary with
a white flag.
907
01:45:31,617 --> 01:45:35,496
Well, somehow,
I do not feel they've
come to surrender.
908
01:45:35,580 --> 01:45:39,208
Not with Genghis Khan
holding the high ground,
with our troops outnumbered.
909
01:45:39,292 --> 01:45:41,210
Are you suggesting
that we surrender,
then?
910
01:45:41,294 --> 01:45:43,129
I'm suggesting nothing.
911
01:45:43,212 --> 01:45:45,673
I'm only regretting
the fact that I
allowed myself
912
01:45:45,757 --> 01:45:49,302
to be dragged into this
foolish and obviously
risky adventure.
913
01:45:49,385 --> 01:45:51,637
To conquer, one
has to take risks.
914
01:45:52,638 --> 01:45:55,141
At my age,
I do not need
to take risks.
915
01:45:55,725 --> 01:45:57,018
If we...
916
01:45:57,560 --> 01:46:01,314
If I survive this day,
it will have taught
me a lesson,
917
01:46:01,397 --> 01:46:03,232
that a man can
be too clever.
918
01:46:05,735 --> 01:46:08,321
Your words mean
more than they say.
919
01:46:08,404 --> 01:46:10,740
I had hoped to see
Mongol kill Mongol,
920
01:46:11,532 --> 01:46:13,534
and so wipe themselves out
921
01:46:13,618 --> 01:46:15,870
and rid Khwarezm
from all danger.
922
01:46:17,163 --> 01:46:18,956
Instead of which?
923
01:46:19,040 --> 01:46:22,919
I find myself on an
uncomfortable horse
in a drafty place
924
01:46:23,252 --> 01:46:25,296
and in a very
dangerous situation.
925
01:46:27,298 --> 01:46:30,927
Well, perhaps
this emissary
brings good news.
926
01:46:34,806 --> 01:46:38,559
I bear greetings from
the Genghis Khan to
the Lord Jamuga.
927
01:46:38,643 --> 01:46:40,436
Greetings?
928
01:46:40,520 --> 01:46:44,190
And I thank you deeply for
observing my flag of truce.
929
01:46:45,024 --> 01:46:49,237
The Lord Genghis Khan
would wish to talk
with the Lord Jamuga.
930
01:46:49,320 --> 01:46:52,115
Talk? What would we
have to talk about?
931
01:46:52,198 --> 01:46:56,494
I'm only the
humble emissary sent
to arrange a meeting.
932
01:46:58,996 --> 01:47:01,374
There will be
no meeting.
No talk.
933
01:47:02,333 --> 01:47:05,586
Does the Lord Jamuga
fear the spoken word?
934
01:47:06,963 --> 01:47:08,965
Tell this jackal you obey,
935
01:47:09,298 --> 01:47:12,385
my talking is done
with a lance,
or a sword.
936
01:47:12,468 --> 01:47:14,011
I'll repeat.
937
01:47:14,095 --> 01:47:17,849
Does the Lord Jamuga
fear the spoken word?
938
01:47:21,436 --> 01:47:26,441
And these spoken words
are to take place in
the center of his camp?
939
01:47:27,066 --> 01:47:31,988
The Genghis Khan
will ride forward
with an escort of six,
940
01:47:32,071 --> 01:47:34,031
then finally alone.
941
01:47:34,115 --> 01:47:36,576
The same privilege is yours.
942
01:47:37,410 --> 01:47:38,995
Can he be trusted?
943
01:47:39,579 --> 01:47:43,040
The word of
the Lord Genghis Khan
can always be trusted.
944
01:47:43,124 --> 01:47:46,878
I trust him enough to
remain here as hostage
945
01:47:47,336 --> 01:47:49,255
until you return.
946
01:47:50,256 --> 01:47:52,049
Then let it be so.
947
01:49:18,594 --> 01:49:22,765
It is only fitting that
you have come back to
your own land to die.
948
01:49:24,433 --> 01:49:28,312
But it is not fitting
that a Mongol should
deliver the death blow.
949
01:49:30,481 --> 01:49:33,317
You still sing the
same song, Temujin.
950
01:49:35,278 --> 01:49:36,445
Many voices
carry it now.
951
01:49:36,529 --> 01:49:39,240
Not the Merkits,
outcast!
952
01:49:42,201 --> 01:49:46,706
I asked for this meeting
in the hope that Mongol
would not shed Mongol blood.
953
01:49:47,373 --> 01:49:51,669
Also, that you might still
join with me to spread the
name of the Mongol nation.
954
01:49:51,752 --> 01:49:56,340
The Merkits are warriors.
Not a group of women to
become part of a herd.
955
01:49:56,424 --> 01:49:58,467
We say and do
as we want.
956
01:49:58,551 --> 01:50:01,095
And we take
what we need.
From anybody!
957
01:50:03,556 --> 01:50:05,558
I promise you
this, Jamuga.
958
01:50:07,184 --> 01:50:10,479
The Merkits will ride as
part of the Mongol nation,
959
01:50:11,522 --> 01:50:14,483
or their land
will be razed
to the ground.
960
01:50:14,984 --> 01:50:19,405
Razed so that not
even a lame horse would
stumble walking across it.
961
01:50:29,665 --> 01:50:31,083
I must talk
with the Shah.
962
01:50:32,543 --> 01:50:34,337
Counsel is always
worthwhile.
963
01:50:35,212 --> 01:50:38,799
We will send you our
answer with Kam Ling.
964
01:50:59,737 --> 01:51:01,614
...and the men
grow impatient,
my lord.
965
01:51:01,697 --> 01:51:04,617
Better that than
the spilling of
Mongol blood.
966
01:51:05,284 --> 01:51:07,453
Not one of our
horses will put
one foot forward
967
01:51:07,536 --> 01:51:08,829
until I have
Jamuga's answer.
968
01:51:08,913 --> 01:51:11,082
My lord! Look!
969
01:51:49,370 --> 01:51:50,496
Kam Ling.
970
01:52:18,357 --> 01:52:19,775
Take your posts.
971
01:53:03,569 --> 01:53:05,780
Withdraw! Withdraw!
972
01:53:11,994 --> 01:53:13,871
Withdraw!
973
01:53:20,711 --> 01:53:21,921
Retreat!
974
01:53:22,922 --> 01:53:25,549
Get them back!
Get them back!
975
01:53:25,633 --> 01:53:28,093
I have no desire
for slaughter.
Retreat!
976
01:53:31,514 --> 01:53:32,973
Merkits!
977
01:53:45,986 --> 01:53:47,863
My lord, Jamuga!
978
01:53:52,993 --> 01:53:54,119
Take the left flank!
979
01:53:54,203 --> 01:53:55,204
With me!
980
01:54:32,783 --> 01:54:34,243
Subodai!
981
01:54:58,851 --> 01:55:00,394
One of you!
982
01:55:00,811 --> 01:55:02,479
Any one of you!
983
01:55:05,691 --> 01:55:07,651
And you first,
outcast!
984
01:55:07,735 --> 01:55:09,111
Sengal!
985
01:55:09,194 --> 01:55:10,821
Stay where you are.
986
01:55:12,865 --> 01:55:14,408
Enough, Jamuga.
Let there be peace.
987
01:55:14,491 --> 01:55:16,535
With you? Never!
988
01:55:17,411 --> 01:55:20,873
And there will be
no chang this time
either, jackal.
989
01:55:20,956 --> 01:55:24,043
If you have the courage
to stand up alone to me,
990
01:55:24,126 --> 01:55:27,421
Jamuga, the man
who slaughtered
your tribe,
991
01:55:28,464 --> 01:55:30,758
the father of
your first son!
992
01:55:32,927 --> 01:55:35,304
Is this the man
you would follow?
993
01:55:36,513 --> 01:55:40,851
Is this the leader
who would unite the
nation of the Mongols?
994
01:55:41,977 --> 01:55:44,563
You have passed
your own sentence.
995
01:55:47,316 --> 01:55:48,567
A Mongol duel?
996
01:55:49,860 --> 01:55:51,862
And when you are
dead, Jamuga,
997
01:55:52,821 --> 01:55:55,032
your men will
ride with mine.
998
02:00:15,959 --> 02:00:17,544
Untie any prisoners.
999
02:00:27,221 --> 02:00:30,265
If any of the Merkit
tribe would leave us,
1000
02:00:33,310 --> 02:00:35,020
let them go now.
1001
02:00:48,742 --> 02:00:50,577
I have lived
to see it,
1002
02:00:52,663 --> 02:00:55,999
that the tribes
come together
as one people.
1003
02:01:04,299 --> 02:01:07,511
But it is my sons
who will make
our nation great.
1004
02:01:10,722 --> 02:01:12,641
Show my people
their leaders.
1005
02:01:24,736 --> 02:01:27,322
And until they are
old enough to lead,
1006
02:01:29,950 --> 02:01:34,579
it is my wife and
her two brothers who
shall speak for them,
1007
02:01:36,123 --> 02:01:38,625
shall guide them
to walk straight.
1008
02:01:41,211 --> 02:01:42,462
Bortei,
1009
02:01:43,130 --> 02:01:45,090
whom I have
always loved,
1010
02:01:47,092 --> 02:01:49,344
turn me towards the wind.
1011
02:01:51,596 --> 02:01:54,641
I want that
the gods should
see me in the face.
1012
02:02:19,708 --> 02:02:21,251
So many tears,
1013
02:02:22,336 --> 02:02:24,463
but not one tear
from you.
1014
02:02:26,548 --> 02:02:28,967
There will be many
years for weeping.
1015
02:02:30,927 --> 02:02:36,641
I want you to see me
as you have always.
1016
02:02:42,689 --> 02:02:44,983
Always your hand
to help me.
1017
02:02:47,027 --> 02:02:48,278
As you said,
1018
02:02:48,987 --> 02:02:52,574
it's always the
first thing you'll
hold out to another.
1019
02:02:55,077 --> 02:02:56,244
The first.
1020
02:02:58,038 --> 02:03:01,041
And strangely,
at this time,
1021
02:03:03,752 --> 02:03:08,632
that it should
also be the...
1022
02:03:33,281 --> 02:03:37,953
And so it was that
Temujin, the Genghis Khan,
was dead,
1023
02:03:38,912 --> 02:03:41,206
but not the tide
he set in motion.
1024
02:03:42,040 --> 02:03:45,252
His dream conquered
even after death.
1025
02:03:46,420 --> 02:03:50,090
His sons rolled westward
into the Hungarian plains,
1026
02:03:50,173 --> 02:03:52,634
burned a path to
the borders of Egypt.
1027
02:03:52,968 --> 02:03:56,430
One grandson founded the
Mughal dynasty of India,
1028
02:03:57,139 --> 02:04:01,059
while another was
the great Kublai Khan,
Emperor of China.
1029
02:04:03,019 --> 02:04:05,355
And when the conquest
was finished,
1030
02:04:05,439 --> 02:04:10,235
half the population of
the world was contained
in the Mongol Empire.
1031
02:04:11,153 --> 02:04:15,198
The empire born
in the imagination of
the prince of conquerors,
1032
02:04:16,533 --> 02:04:18,118
Genghis Khan.