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NARRATOR: Almost 800 years ago,

a military genius came out of
Mongolia to conquer half a world.

He was the son of Yesugei,
leader of a small nomad tribe.

This man of destiny, riding
beside me as a young boy,

was called Temujin,

born to rule as the prince
of conquerors, Genghis Khan.

(PEOPLE SHOUTING)

Temujin! Temujin!

(SCREAMING)

(SCREAMING)

(MOOING)

(NEIGHING)

(SHOUTING)

I wanted you alive, Yesugei.

I wanted the chieftains of the other
tribes to learn how Jamuga of the Merkits

punishes those who trespass
on his grazing lands.

Harness the horses!

(CHOKING)

Stay your hand!

Hear my words, Lord Jamuga.

(CHOKING)

It has been written in the stars

that the man who takes the life
of Yesugei's son shall die,

and die quickly, and
by his own sword.

See for yourself, mighty lord.

'Tis the mark of blood.

What is he called?

Temujin.

(LAUGHS SARCASTICALLY)

“Man of iron.”

(LAUGHS)

Then I shall spare him,

so that he may witness the
death I give his father now.

Temujin!

(HORSES GALLOPING)

From this day on, you
will wear a collar.

I will have a chang made
to put around your neck.

(CHILDREN CLAMORING)

(ROARING)

(MEN SHOUTING)

(PEOPLE LAUGHING)

(EXCLAIMING)

Oh! Oh, no! Oh, get my
ball, please. My ball! Oh!

Come away from him, sister.

What harm has the young man done

that he should have
to wear a chang?

You've heard Jamuga's
orders, so leave him.

Besides, his father was an
enemy of our tribe, also.

Now come away.

What are you called?

Temujin.

Why have they put that cruel
yoke around your neck?

What are you called?

Bortei.

JAMUGA: You will return to the camp,
Princess. Go with your brothers.

I take no orders
from you, Jamuga.

As you say, Bortei, not yet.

Dogs must be taught
to stay in place.

Sengal.

Give me that.

Now then, man of iron.

Down! Down!

Down! Down!

The Lord Jamuga's brave
when a man is yoked.

Kuchluk.

(HORSE NEIGHING)

(GROANS)

After him, after him!

(URGING HORSES)

GEEN: Temujin!

Temujin!

Geen!

Father Geen!

(MURMURING)

How did you find me?

I consulted the stars and my...

Hmm?

Besides, Sengal showed me.

Sengal?

If he was able to talk,

he'd tell you that he will
be with us from now on.

You may be chieftain of the
smallest tribe of the Mongols,

but at least it's a start.

It's a good start.

(CHUCKLES)

(WIND HOWLING)

This could house an
army. How safe are we?

The Merkits think that only spirits
and ghosts could live up this high.

As long as they continue to
believe that, we are safe.

When they discover the
truth, where do we go?

East or west?

When that time does
come, you will decide.

(CLEARS THROAT) But
this may help you.

Our world is like
three great circles.

Here, to the west,

Samarkand and Bukhara, the
lands of the Persians.

Rich nations who trade with
the white-skinned Christians

from beyond the desert.

And here, to the East?

I have not traveled
east of the mountains,

but I have talked with
merchants from the caravans,

and they have told me
of the great walls,

and beyond them, of
the kingdom of China.

A land of great cities, where
people dress in silks.

(SCOFFS) Even the men.

And where the merchants go in
search of spices and rare woods

from the nations beyond
the Eastern seas.

And here, in the center?

(CHUCKLES)

A barren, empty circle
where only Mongols live.

Why should it be barren and empty
when it lies in the heartland,

between the rich west
and the richer east?

Because the tribes like the Merkits,
the Salkits, the Tanguts and others

are too busy fighting amongst
themselves, that"s why.

But if they joined together?

The only time that Mongols are
joined together is in death.

You know what you said about this being
the smallest tribe in existence.

It would be difficult for
it to be much smaller.

(SCOFFS)

Then we must make it larger.

(WHISPERS) Merkits.

(RUSTLING)

What tribe are you?

Salkits.

(GROANS)

(GRUNTS)

Now shall we see if the spirits of
the wind are for us or against us.

(MEN YELLING)

These men, they
look like Salkits!

Perhaps because
they are Salkits.

Salkits? Riding with you?

Yes, the Salkits and
the Yesugei, together.

Over there, Lord Temujin,

is the caravan road to Tashkent.

In the old days, many battles
were fought over it.

But so many of the slaves were
killed, there was so little profit.

So, the Treaty of the
Slave Trail was signed.

A treaty?

The Shah of Khwarezm
imposed a truce.

All have sworn to
it. All observe it.

No warrior is permitted
to carry arms here.

Good! Then we can take our
pick without fighting.

Hmm?

You do not understand,
Temujin. A truce was signed.

I did not sign it.

The slaves did not
sign it. But...

Will there be women
among the slaves?

Yes, Lord. Good.

My men have horses and
weapons, but no women.

How long do you think they
will stay without women?

How long will you?

What is the meaning of this?

The slave caravan is under the protection
of the Shah of Khwarezm himself.

Convey the thanks of Lord
Temujin to the Shah.

Temujin?

Temujin!

Katke!

(LAUGHING)

My lord! I thank the
four winds you found me.

Jamuga was selling
me for a slave.

Somehow I don"t see
you as a slave.

In any case, you're free
now. You're all free.

Free?

I said you are all
free, my sisters,

to continue with this caravan,

or to ride with my men
back to our camp.

You give them a choice? Women?

Sengal, strike the fetters
off these slaves.

This truce has lasted
100 years, barbarian!

The Shah will have your head
spiked on the city walls.

Once you're dead, do you
really think it matters?

(EXCLAIMING)

(ALL LAUGHING)

(EXCLAIMS)

(ALL LAUGH)

Safe journey to Tashkent, and
give our thanks to the Shah!

(ALL LAUGHING)

A miracle! A miracle!

Oh, thank you.

But if you want to prove your
gratitude, give me this woman, huh?

- But she's my wife!
- Oh, take another!

Go on and take another
woman! I give you a horse.

(CHUCKLING)

(EXCLAIMS)

I give you two horses.

No, friend Shan, no woman will
be taken against her will.

But, Lord, that's
what women are for.

And besides, the best
have already been taken.

A wise man does not judge a
horse by its saddle markings.

Come, I will choose for you.

Come.

Hey, do you want a
husband, Katke?

That?

That's settled, then.
May you have many sons.

It's about time you, too, my
lord, had thoughts of sons.

The thoughts I've had in my mind
are not for a holy man as you.

Give me time.

(GASPING)

(EXCLAIMS)

Take this and be careful.

(GRUNTS)

(EXCLAIMS)

Temujin!

Katke!

Bring food and clothes
to the Princess.

Prepare another tent
for me while I wash.

Wash?

The Lord Temujin, my lady.

Stay, woman. I did
not tell you to go.

That was stupid of you.

You do not seem like
a stupid woman.

I am not a stupid woman.

And what did I do that
you thought stupid?

You gave an order that was
bound to be overruled.

The master who feeds his dog

does not expect him to answer
to the whistle of any stranger.

I might have thought it of you.

You treat those who
serve you as dogs.

Not Katke. She brought
me up as a child.

She did not boast about
that, I promise you.

My lady, anyone else
listening to us now

would imagine that you were
trying to provoke a fight.

But it always needs two
to make a quarrel.

Not with me it doesn't!

I like a horse with spirit.

Horses, dogs, animals,
all you ever think of?

I can see that was
a stupid question.

But if it please you,
now that you are here,

say what it is you came to say.

I have said what I came
to say, but for this.

Deep in my heart if I
search for the truth,

I must also say that what drove
me most to do what I did

was the thought of the rage and
anger I have brought to Jamuga.

To steal in the night the
woman he had chosen to marry.

(SHATTERING)

Outcast! Slave!

Soon you'll be back
in a wooden yoke.

For, born a slave,
you'll die a slave!

Born a slave I never was!

Born to rule the Yesugei
was always in my stars.

And not only one tribe, but people of
many tribes were destined to follow me,

to fight my battles,
conquer nations.

All this was in my stars.

You...

You, woman,

dare provoke my anger.

(EXCLAIMS) No!

(SOBBING)

(WEEPING)

A hand is the first thing
one gives to another.

If I... If ]I wasn't
so ugly-looking

with all these tears,

I'd know what to
say to you next.

But...

I am ugly-looking, then.

You didn't disagree with
me. You see? You see?

You talk too much, woman.

You never give me a
chance to say anything.

My brothers always
say that, too.

His camp must be near.
He knows our every move.

And we know nothing of his.

His men appear from nowhere

and they disappear like ghosts.

Ghosts who will bleed
like any ordinary man

when they feel the headman's ax.

As some of you may do,

if you don't bring
her back, and soon.

To have her stolen
out of my own camp,

and from under the
noses of all of you.

From under the noses
of her brothers.

Her brothers.

(OWL HOOTING)

(MIMICKING OWL HOOTING)

(HOOTING)

(LAUGHING)

This is my eldest
brother, Subodai.

And Jebai, and Kassar.

My lord Temujin.

My lord and my husband.

No one followed you?

We saw nothing but the stars, heard
nothing but the rush of the waterfall.

Despite the poetry, I"m
glad to see you back.

And you, my friends,
you are welcome.

And grateful, Lord.

Ready to serve you, Lord.

Subodai, you have
nothing to say?

Only this. The
holy man, he lies.

You said?

I saw something as we
climbed the mountainside.

A glow against the sky.

Your fires are banked too high.

(GASPS)

Geen.

Prepare to move out.

Leave all the carts but one.

Move on to the east road beyond
Jamuga's camp and wait there.

(SCREAMS)

(BORTEI GASPS)

(BORTEI MOANING)

(SCREAMS)

(YELLS)

(MEN SHOUTING)

(ALL YELLING)

(HORSES SNORTING)

Bortei!

Bortei!

Bortei!

Temujin!

(MEN YELLING)

Back, back.

(NEIGHING)

See to her.

Time is on our side.

It will be hours before Jamuga
can reach the sky camp.

He'll have Merkits from the lakes
to the plains riding to join him.

Who can travel faster, a horse
that needs little to eat,

or 100 who must forage wide?

Where do we go?

East. We will be across
the river before dawn.

Lord, there is man's work
outside. Leave her with me.

Bortei.

I have shamed you
before all men.

Jamuga.

I begged him to kill me.

When do we rest, Lord?

Not before we are certain
Jamuga's given up the chase.

Then let us stop and fight.

I will say when it is time
to fight, and not before.

But how long do we keep
going east, my lord?

All through the winter,

and if necessary,
through next winter.

If we keep heading east,

we could end up in a land where
I've heard they eat dogs.

Or it might have been people.

According to Geen, it is
a land of great wealth.

A vast empire built
on knowledge and...

We must have knowledge.

Greetings, friends.

KAM LING: And to you,
greetings, warriors.

I am Kam Ling, ambassador of
the emperor to the Indias,

returning to our
court in Peking.

Returning, as you see,
is a figure of speech.

It seems you travel
without much luck.

First our Manchurian
guard deserted us,

then the wheel of
our cart broke.

Then our driver
stole our horses,

and the cattle, tiring of our
company, followed after them.

One might say that the winds of
fortune are blowing somewhat coldly.

You are in dangerous country.

We have heard of one
Temujin and his horsemen,

fierce, violent men.

We have no fear for our lives.

We bear letters
from our emperor.

It would be far more profitable to
hold us to ransom than to murder us.

Why talk of ransom
and murder? Sengal!

Show them we mean no harm.

Up!

(MEN GRUNTING)

We are grateful.

If you would tell us what gold
you require for your services.

Gold, my lord? I'm
not a merchant.

You overwhelm me.

One last kindness
we must beg of you.

A message to the nearest Chinese
military post for horses and assistance.

It is about four days' journey.

But that would mean leaving
you here unprotected.

We have spare horses we'd
be glad to lend you,

also, our services as an escort.

An escort?

I have 200 men here,
all tried and tested.

And our numbers are
soon to be increased.

My wife, she is near her time.

Then she deserves better than to
ride in the open like a herdsman.

She shall have the poor comforts of
our miserable and unworthy wagon.

Please.

We shall try to make it
as serviceable as we can.

Now, this Temujin
you spoke of...

Have no fear. This is the one
column he'll never attack.

I have his word for it.

(BABY CRYING)

A boy?

A son.

(BABY CRIES)

The first child born to the tribe
of Yesugai for more than 20 years.

And a boy. My son.

Temujin.

My son, Bortei!

You are my wife, this is my son.

You knew he would be a
boy, you always said it.

It had to be. How else
could he follow after me?

The day I first noticed
your body growing larger,

I gave orders then to Shan
to have a saddle built,

a small one, of course, a bow and a
sword, all of which bear his name.

Don't torment me. His name.

My son's name.

(WHISPERING) Jochi, the
founder of our tribe.

Jochi. Jochi. It's
a pretty name.

It is not meant to be pretty.

It is a man's name as befits
the leader of our tribe.

Only, by the time he is a
man, it will be a nation.

If any man could ever do it, that
man is Temujin of the Yesugai.

Temujin of the Mongols.

Men who could build this
should rule the world.

So our ancestors thought when
they first conceived it.

2,000 miles from the great ocean
to the southern mountains.

But, alas, now we cannot rule
ourselves, let alone the world.

My lord!

They are friends.
Soldiers of the emperor.

Glass.

Simply reflecting
the sun's rays.

But it can carry messages further and
faster than the swiftest horseman.

A childish device, but
not without usefulness.

Please receive it as
an unworthy gift.

One drawback, however,
I should point out.

For reasons which will
soon become apparent,

it's best not to let such devices
fall into the hands of a woman.

(LAUGHING)

All the fat bears should
be no match for wolves.

Remember that now.

I shall ask for an audience with the
emperor, I'm sure it will be arranged.

I shall be honored.

The emperor also
will be honored.

(WATER TRICKLING)

I"m telling you,

they're going to boil us
alive and then eat us.

(EXCLAIMS)

No!

They're only going to wash us.

Wash?

Must be a custom of the country.

SHAN: Why?

I don't know, but I don't
intend to find out.

Well, I do.

(MEN WHOOPING)

(PEOPLE LAUGHING)

Shan! Shan!

I know you're down
there. Come out.

(CHUCKLES) I'm
only being washed.

(ALL LAUGHING)

Wait!

Our ambassador has told
us how much he owes

to your skill, bravery
and courtesy.

Kam Ling IS generous,
Your Majesty.

He has also told us that you are
a shrewd and observant man.

That is unusual.

I have always believed that
fighting, horses and women

were the sole interests of
the men of your nation.

Tribes constantly at war with one
another cannot be called a nation.

Then we shall do nothing to
discourage your quarrels.

As long as you Mongols
fight among yourselves,

I and my people should
have little to worry us.

Surely a nation as rich and strong
as yours has nothing to fear.

Fear? The Chinese empire
knows no such word.

Then what is the purpose
of the Great Wall?

The Wall merely ensures that
civilization, knowledge,

the arts, as we know
them, shall survive.

It is there to keep what
we have to ourselves.

To keep people in.

To keep me?

(CHUCKLING) I find you
profoundly entertaining.

You make such direct and
positive statements.

You and your strong, wild men arrive
in my city like a rush of wind.

A fresh sort of wind.

We pray to the wind.

Charming.

To the four winds.

(CHUCKLES) Better and better.

(BIRDS CHIRPING) We
have a game of chance

in which the four winds are
of paramount importance.

(CHUCKLES) Listen to them.

Did you ever hear anything more delicate
or exquisite than their sweet, sad song?

Poetry itself could
not be more profound.

(CHIRPING)

Do you write poetry, Temujin?

I do not. I have never
yet found the time.

Then I shall instruct
you. I myself am a poet.

That is why you were sent here,

and this is where you
must stay, my friend.

There is destiny in your
coming here, believe me.

When you speak of destiny, this
is something I must believe.

At last we agree
about something.

(BIRDS CHIRPING)

We shall find many
more things in common.

Take the birds away. Their
chattering distracts me.

We must discuss the
gods to whom you pray.

Primitive religions have
always fascinated me.

And while you exchange your
knowledge of military matters,

I shall instruct you in the
art of poetry and painting.

I find it difficult to control
my impatience, Your Majesty.

Take it. It grows heavy.

The one in white. Have
her raise her head.

Tonight I am in the
summer palace.

Have her brought
to me at midnight.

Prisoners.

Make no mistake about
it. We are prisoners.

In an ivory cage, of course.

We should never have
headed for the East.

What else did the
emperor say, Temujin?

It's what he didn't say,

that there are over 2,000
men on the walls of Peking,

and that our horses
have been taken.

Just what do you think we
should have done, Subodai?

You're always so
quick with advice.

It is what I have always said.

If we had not run, but
stopped and fought Jamuga,

none of us would have to
be here now. None of us.

You have a strong
right arm, Subodai,

and I like to know
it is at my side.

But your mouth is young
and it needs training.

With enough training,
my brother,

you may yet become
my strong right arm.

For I have need of another.

This peacock, this emperor,
has overlooked one thing.

There is much to
be learned here,

much that can be used later.

And if this is a prison, I can
think of worse hardships.

Yes. I know I've
never eaten so well.

As for me, I even
enjoy being clean.

(CLEARS THROAT) It's not the being clean
that you enjoy, it's the washing.

Well, the women are
beautiful, I must say.

(CHUCKLING)

All of which the emperor hopes

you will learn to appreciate,

until soft living is
all you are fit for.

Bortei is right.

I do not want any of our
men fat and useless.

We will all exercise every
morning, for a start.

(SWORDS CLANKING)

(INAUDIBLE)

(MEN LAUGHING)

A Mongol never leaves his blade.

Not unless he is dead.

Just a reminder
for you to carry.

Look! Over there! A signal!

What do they say?

TEMUJIN: I'm not certain,
but it must be urgent.

Take the map away. It's not only
inaccurate, it's inartistic.

Stop them weeping and wailing.

I want advice, not pandemonium.

(PEOPLE MURMURING)

(GONG CLANGING)

The situation occasions alarm,
it does not merit hysteria.

A ragged army of a few
thousand Manchurians

have captured the city
of Hopeh, that is all.

(PEOPLE MURMURING)

We also consider that
6,000 Imperial Cavalry

were routed and put to flight.

But that is nothing new.

No doubt, in our lifetime,
it will happen again.

Prince Temujin.

You and your kinsmen seem amused
at the news of our disaster.

Not at the news, Your Majesty,

only at the way you receive it.

A few thousand Manchurians are
of little account, admittedly.

But their example
might be serious.

Others might also realize that
the Great Wall means nothing.

I wish to speak to my friend,
Prince Temujin, alone.

Bring hot wine and tea.

Do you stay and keep us company.

This is how I relax in moments
of disaster and anguish.

I find painting has a soothing
and calming property.

I see that you paint very well.

You are no beginner.

He is hinting that we are
accustomed to disaster.

I fear we've
underrated our friend.

He has an unexpected
gift of subtlety.

Oh. The Shamsu is a rice
wine of great delicacy.

May I offer you some?

For me, the tea.

For me, the wine.

I was not suspicious
of it, Majesty,

but I have forbidden
it to my men to drink,

as you probably have heard.

I have heard.

And if my curiosity does
not greatly offend, why?

Because I wanted my men to be
ready for a day such as this.

Ah! Please to continue.
I am listening.

These Manchu... It is just
that the fate of an empire

is of small importance compared
to a poem by Tso Ling,

or a painting by my distinguished
ancestor, Mao Kung.

You were saying?

You would save much time if
you let me say something.

That means you have
something to offer. What?

These Manchurian invaders, you'd like
them destroyed as soon as possible?

Unfortunately, my
army has melted away.

I will raise you another one.

Mongols?

How much?

You mean money?

What else do soldiers fight for?

A large chest of gold for each
of my three brothers-in-law,

so that I can send them out
to recruit only the best men.

How could I be sure I
was not just replacing

one army of invaders
with another?

You cannot be sure.

There is a solution, Great One.

I myself, who know him
better, would trust Temujin.

But if he were to leave his wife and
son as hostages in your keeping...

I agree.

See that Prince Temujin has
all the gold he needs.

And we will offer
a special reward

for which one of your wife's
brothers does most to help us.

There is no need.

It is a custom, and
a charming one,

to announce the reward before
the service is performed.

In our experience, it often
helps with the accomplishment.

Have the court brought back.

I wish them to see how tired and
exhausted their emperor is,

working devotedly in the
service of his people.

I will do so, Great Emperor,

but as Temujin and I
have so much to do...

Very well. In any case, you've
both seen the state I'm in.

KASSAR: (WHISPERING)
Where's he taking us?

The horses are ready. Why
can't we be on our way?

Because the emperor wants you
to take a memory with you,

a vision that will bring
you back all the sooner.

Look at the picture.

The Princess Chin Yu.
Emperor's youngest daughter.

Whichever one of you returns with
the best company of horsemen,

he shall have her.

Is there any reason
we can't start now?

(GROANS)

(PEOPLE CHEERING)

(HORSE NEIGHING)

Subodai.

(YELLS)

Teach her to be a
woman while I"m away.

(URGES HORSE)

(CROWD CHEERING)

They're less than an hour back.

Jamuga leads them.

See to your men.

Now!

Your troops will lead the
attack, up through there.

It is only fitting
we have the honor.

You will not attack
with any great success.

You will then fall back.

Retreat?

You have had some experience
of that, I imagine.

But we lose face.

Better to lose face
than your head,

as the unsuccessful defender
of Hopeh has apparently done.

When you fall back through here,

my Mongols will fall on
them from both flanks.

Then you will lead your troops
back again at my command.

Now get your men into position. I
will tell you when to move forward.

Jamuga.

(YELLING)

(SHOUTING)

(HORSES NEIGHING)

(NEIGHING)

(SHOUTING)

(GROANING)

(MEN GROANING)

(SCREAMING)

(GROANS)

Halt!

A quick death would be too easy.

You can choose.

Either you live to follow
the banner of Temujin,

or you die with your leaders.

Now, show them to me,

these men who led you into
rebellion against your empire.

Subodai.

Jamuga.

You will pray for death.

When the chang you wear
grows heavier and heavier,

and the laughter it brings
grows louder and louder.

And you, Temujin, will
live to regret this day

when you withheld the
blade from my neck.

(CHEERING)

The barbarian of all barbarians.

The Mongol who led
the Manchurians.

And it is fitting that his
punishment be far greater

than for those whose heads
I have brought you.

The Lord Jamuga, Your Majesty.

“In celebration of the Lord
Temujin's great victories

“over the Manchurian
rebel invaders,

“it is our will that
from this day on,

“he will be called the
Prince of Conquerors,

“the Genghis Khan!”

CROWD: (CHANTING) Genghis
Khan! Genghis Khan!

Genghis Khan! Genghis Khan!

Genghis Khan!

(ALL MURMURING)

Spare us, Lord.

We meant it only to be a
salute to your victory.

How did the thunder
crash at your command?

It is a simple
alchemist's trick.

But we used too
much black powder.

Black powder.

Come to me tonight.

And bring some of
your powder with you.

I want to see how you
make it thunder.

They make lightning this
time, but no thunder.

That is something we've
discovered in their experiments.

It thunders only when
confined in a container.

Then it can hurl a stone even
further than the longest bow shot.

Shall we demonstrate?

(EXPLOSION)

So far you have used this only
to make noises of welcome?

And sometimes to make pretty
effects and fire and sparks

to amuse the children.
We have many variations.

I can tell what
you are thinking.

It is your duty, both as a holy
man and as a man of wisdom,

to profit from all
this knowledge.

Do you want something?

Give me that blue
horse, will you?

Come. Come.

BORTEI: And I tell you
again, it has to be done.

As long as this man lives, none
of his tribe will join with you.

They can't. You know their
laws, and our laws, too.

To kill him would
be an act of mercy.

Oh, I"m not talking of
mercy, but of common sense.

Listen to me, Temujin.

Hear me well, and one day
remember that I warned you.

There are only two things
you can do with Jamuga.

Put him under the
ground for all time,

or put him at your side

and have the Merkits
ride with you.

Are you out of your mind, woman?

Jamuga, who killed my
father, kept me in chains,

or is all this
forgotten? All forgiven?

And you, the scar he
put on your back,

has that also disappeared
with the passing of time?

Neither the scar on my back,

nor the memories of
how it came there.

No, Temujin.

These I don't forget.

Nor the hatred I
have for this man.

And yet,

to help you make what
you want come true,

to make our people
into a nation,

I could set aside my hatred,
because it would be necessary.

Then it shows how little you know
of me to think that I could, too.

I know you better
than you think.

Break it across
your knee, Temujin.

Now the two pieces, together.

I know what you are
trying to tell me.

That we are only strong
when we are undivided.

And one day, you will listen.

Leave us.

Is it possible for you
to be a Mongol first,

and only secondly Jamuga,
chief of the Merkit tribe?

Has the chang also
smothered your tongue?

Not yet.

Perhaps if I wear it
as long as you did.

Once, you took the
chang off my neck.

Perhaps I can do
the same for you.

The price?

There is no price.

Only a dream accomplished.

A unified Mongol nation, not
just separate warring tribes.

With the Lord Temujin
at its head.

The stars have written it.

Geen, my holy man,
tells me this is true.

(LAUGHING)

A Mongol nation will
come, Jamuga, it will.

But if the Merkits ride at our
side, it will come sooner.

The Merkits need no other
tribes to ride beside them.

Behind them, I should say.

All others fear us already.

Our power, our strength.

Even my death cannot
destroy that.

Is your thinking so small that you
can only think about yourself?

And what do you think of, then, with this
wild dream of yours of a Mongol nation?

And apart from these
stars you speak of,

what else makes you think you
have been chosen to rule?

You will die carrying
that chang, Jamuga.

Unless I have your word now
that your Merkits ride with us

the day we leave China.

And that day is soon.

If I were free from this yoke,

my hands would still your
jackal breath forever.

Subodai!

Put this animal
back in his cage.

(WOMEN HUMMING)

(ORIENTAL MUSIC PLAYING)

Your celestial Majesty...

Kam Ling, have you no
heart to interrupt

these exquisite
little songbirds?

My interruption
brings pleasant news.

Oh, very well.

(HUMMING STOPS)

Come here, my little sparrow.

Come and sit beside me.

Go on, if you must.

Genghis Khan has arranged a demonstration
tonight, for you and your court,

to thank you for all your
kindnesses over the years.

Don't tremble, child.

Although divine, I"m also human.

And as a farewell.

Farewell?

Did you know about this?

They wish to return
to their own lands.

I cannot allow it.

I have told you many times of
my dream of a united people.

And should it take force to
accomplish it, I have the men now.

And I have trained them well.

And I bought them.

And you are my
general, Genghis Khan.

And their leader.

Kam Ling, you are
the Khan's friend.

Not his only one,
I hasten to add.

Do you reason with
him, for his own good.

The emperor wants to remind
you of your first meeting,

what then was said,

that the Great Wall of China
is to keep people in.

And that there are 3,000 armed
men on the Peking walls,

and that we are still prisoners.

Prisoners? Friends.

And what sort of talk
is this among friends?

I want no more of it.
I've had a terrible day.

Headaches, all
this caterwauling.

Get away, you unbeautiful
little brutes!

All of you.

And now this talk of leaving me.

You've... You've cut
me to the heart.

That was not my
intention, I assure you.

I knew you would do
nothing to hurt me.

But my demonstration?

There's no reason to abandon it.

We have another saying,
another way of suggesting

you make the best of
things. It's very apt.

“Better to light one candle
than to curse the darkness.”

As you say, very apt.

(CHUCKLES)

Nevertheless, you will
have him watched.

I thought you would
be pleased to see

Genghis Khan and his
horsemen ride away.

So that one day they may
ride back, as conquerors?

The Khan knows us
for what we are,

rich, but regrettably weak.

What will you do?

The barbarian Temujin brought back
from the Manchurian battle...

Jamuga. Jamuga.

Have him brought to me,

in secret.

(KNOCKING ON DOOR)

Your message said it was urgent.

We have no secrets.

Least of all from her.

This is most difficult
for me, my lord.

My loyalties must not
be misunderstood,

but they are for my
country, for China,

not for any individual, no matter
how important or mighty he may be.

I would say these are the
sentiments of an honorable man.

The emperor worries.
He fears your leaving.

He is wrong.

He and all in China
should fear your staying.

He is a man of
subtlety, however,

and there is another solution.

Your people stay, you go,

on a very long journey, alone.

Oh!

You express yourself
beautifully.

But who is to stab
me in my back?

The emperor also understands
what would happen to our people

if one of them should
strike you down.

And so...

You've walked too
far to stop now.

Our people would be blameless
if your assassin were a Mongol.

A Merkit.

Jamuga!

Bring him here.

It would be better if
I were not present.

You will stay, my friend.

You will stay.

You'd like this key, eh, Jamuga?

Why not? With the chang off,

you might have had a chance
to save your right arm.

Assassin!

Cut him down.

(CHATTERING)

So he still can't be found.

The one man who can gather all the
Merkits against us, the one man.

Call off your men. Get them ready
for tonight's celebrations.

With Jamuga still at large?

He will do nothing now.

His own escape is more
important to him than my life.

And no more failures
this time, Subodai.

Our plan for tonight
must meet with success.

I"m sorry you will miss
tonight's celebrations.

But perhaps you can see some
of the fireworks from here.

(SNAPS FINGERS)

(PEOPLE EXCLAIMING)

Amazing, the ingenuity
of the human mind.

The Chinese mind, of course.

You are a true artist,
Prince Temujin.

I knew it from the first day.

My profound felicitations.

And now for our final display.

Final?

Perhaps you would
like to set it off.

It would be an honor.

This last one will
be very special.

You have saved the best for
the last. A wise move.

A touch of true delicacy.

As you yourself said, “Better to light
one candle than to curse the darkness.”

(YELLS)

(PEOPLE SCREAMING)

(MEN URGING HORSES)

(NEIGHING)

This will be our camp.

My lord!

Here.

How long do you intend
to hold me prisoner?

Not prisoner.

As your late emperor said to
me while plotting my murder,

you are here as a friend.

In that case, I can
only ask that my death

be a swift one.

We will not speak
of dying, friend.

Only a fool destroys a wise man.

You will sit at my right hand
and you will counsel me.

And I will listen to your words.

And if your words be wise,
they will make me wise, too.

I will accept this
honorable appointment

because I'm happy to serve a
lord whose star grows brighter

while the sun of China fades.

In addition, I suspect I will
find the work more agreeable

than death.

My first advice is
to strike swiftly,

to take what is left of China
before someone else can do so.

Word of this success will bring other
tribes to you in increasing numbers.

In the meantime...

In the meantime, we
shall move westward.

With China safely in
the hands of Jebai,

Subodai will move
north into Russia,

while Kassar drives south to
bring India to her knees.

Samarkand and Bukhara
will fall easily to us,

and Persia will be
ours for the taking.

And the Mongols shall
rule from the heartland,

from the very center
of the world.

And Jamuga?

The Merkits will still have
their chance to join us.

Mongol must not
fight Mongol again.

Your ambition
destroys your honor.

Is the man who raped our
sister to go unanswered?

Is the father of his first-born
son to go unpunished?

Jochi is my son.

The man who lets
personal revenge

take precedence over
the tasks before him

will never complete those tasks,

and he will lose all
that he has gained.

Stop!

My word is the law.

Now get on with my work.

Subodai is a small man.
They are all small men.

Why are there no men of stature,

no men of imagination?

It is not easy to match
a true conqueror.

Perhaps once in many centuries

does the world produce a man
with the power and the will

equal to his vision and destiny.

Perhaps Temujin, Genghis
Khan, IS such a man.

This was not said in flattery,
my lord, I promise you.

Leave me.

Jamuga.

NARRATOR. In the next few years,
the Mongol hordes of Genghis Khan

seized all of China north
of the Yellow River,

carved its way across the
Ural Mountains into Russia

and plunged southward across
the borders of India.

Having conquered
almost all of Asia,

Temujin turned his armies
towards Samarkand and Bukhara.

And when they were his,

the great Persian empire of Khwarezm
lay before him, ready for his sword.

Come now, Jamuga.

You are an old general.

You know very well that even if I
agreed to join forces with you,

you could never hope
to defeat this...

(STUTTERING) Genghis...
This Khan. No one else has.

No one else has an army equal in
strength to our combined forces.

We will be more than
enough to slaughter him.

Ah, I have no desire
for slaughter.

Lamb is for slaughter.

This meat is very
sweet and succulent.

No, no, I hear more and more men
flock to his banner every day.

(LAUGHING) Defeated men, weaklings.
The first to run in battle.

But I have not offended him.

He has offended you.

Years ago, that caravan
on the slave trail,

his violation of the treaty.
Oh, that was when...

That was when the supply
from the East was cut off.

No spices, no jewels, no women.

And remember this.

Your country lies
directly in his path.

Your only hope of
saving Khwarezm,

of saving yourself,

is to align yourself with me.

There is only one way to stop
this violator of treaties.

You and I will ride together
against this Genghis Khan.

We will crush this wolf,

this thirster after blood,

this corrupt defiler of women,

this scavenger.

Your serenity speaks
words of wisdom.

A gift shall seal our bargain.

One of my daughters?

Two?

And my gift to you

will be the head of
this Genghis Khan.

The armies of the Shah and Jamuga
are joined and on the march.

They have already
crossed the Yalu river.

Then the time is here, finally.

You are quite certain?
There can be no mistake?

There's no mistake. The last
word placed him five days away.

We will have the high ground.

He will have to come to us.

“We will have the high
ground,” you said.

“They will have to
come to us,” you said.

JAMUGA: And are
they not doing so?

An emissary with a white flag.

Well, somehow, I do not feel
they've come to surrender.

Not with Genghis Khan holding the high
ground, with our troops outnumbered.

Are you suggesting that
we surrender, then?

I'm suggesting nothing.

I"m only regretting the
fact that I allowed myself

to be dragged into this foolish
and obviously risky adventure.

To conquer, one has
to take risks.

At my age, I do not
need to take risks.

If we...

If I survive this day, it
will have taught me a lesson,

that a man can be too clever.

Your words mean
more than they say.

I had hoped to see
Mongol kill Mongol,

and so wipe themselves out

and rid Khwarezm
from all danger.

Instead of which?

I find myself on an uncomfortable
horse in a drafty place

and in a very
dangerous situation.

Well, perhaps this
emissary brings good news.

I bear greetings from the Genghis
Khan to the Lord Jamuga.

(LAUGHING) Greetings?

And I thank you deeply for
observing my flag of truce.

The Lord Genghis Khan would wish
to talk with the Lord Jamuga.

Talk? What would we
have to talk about?

I"m only the humble emissary
sent to arrange a meeting.

There will be no
meeting. No talk.

Does the Lord Jamuga
fear the spoken word?

Tell this jackal you obey,

my talking is done with
a lance, or a sword.

I'll repeat.

Does the Lord Jamuga
fear the spoken word?

And these spoken words are to take
place in the center of his camp?

The Genghis Khan will ride
forward with an escort of six,

then finally alone.

The same privilege is yours.

Can he be trusted?

The word of the Lord Genghis
Khan can always be trusted.

I trust him enough to
remain here as hostage

until you return.

Then let it be so.

It is only fitting that you have
come back to your own land to die.

But it is not fitting that a Mongol
should deliver the death blow.

(SCOFFS)

You still sing the
same song, Temujin.

Many voices carry it now.

Not the Merkits, outcast!

I asked for this meeting in the hope
that Mongol would not shed Mongol blood.

Also, that you might still join with me
to spread the name of the Mongol nation.

The Merkits are warriors. Not a group
of women to become part of a herd.

We say and do as we want.

And we take what we
need. From anybody!

I promise you this, Jamuga.

The Merkits will ride as
part of the Mongol nation,

or their land will be
razed to the ground.

Razed so that not even a lame horse
would stumble walking across it.

I must talk with the Shah.

Counsel is always worthwhile.

We will send you our
answer with Kam Ling.

...and the men grow
impatient, my lord.

Better that than the
spilling of Mongol blood.

Not one of our horses
will put one foot forward

until I have Jamuga's answer.

SOLDIER: My lord! Look!

(RIPPING)

Kam Ling.

(DISTANT WAR CRIES)

Take your posts.

(MEN GROANING)

(SCREAMING)

Withdraw! Withdraw!

(CANNONS FIRING)

SHAH: Withdraw!

(SCREAMING)

Retreat!

Get them back! Get them back!

I have no desire for
slaughter. Retreat!

(SCREAMS)

JAMUGA: Merkits!

(ALL SHOUTING)

My lord, Jamuga!

Take the left flank!

With me!

(MEN GROANING)

(SCREAMS)

Subodai!

(GROANS)

One of you!

Any one of you!

(LAUGHS)

And you first, outcast!

Sengal!

Stay where you are.

Enough, Jamuga. Let
there be peace.

(SCOFFING) With you? Never!

And there will be no chang
this time either, jackal.

If you have the courage
to stand up alone to me,

Jamuga, the man who
slaughtered your tribe,

the father of your first son!

Is this the man
you would follow?

Is this the leader who would
unite the nation of the Mongols?

You have passed
your own sentence.

A Mongol duel?

And when you are dead, Jamuga,

your men will ride with mine.

(NEIGHING)

(PANTING)

(GRUNTING)

(GROANS)

Untie any prisoners.

If any of the Merkit
tribe would leave us,

let them go now.

I have lived to see it,

that the tribes come
together as one people.

But it is my sons who will
make our nation great.

Show my people their leaders.

(ALL CHEERING)

And until they are
old enough to lead,

it is my wife and her two brothers
who shall speak for them,

shall guide them
to walk straight.

Bortei,

whom I have always loved,

turn me towards the wind.

I want that the gods
should see me in the face.

So many tears,

but not one tear from you.

There will be many
years for weeping.

I want you to see me
as you have always.

Always your hand to help me.

As you said,

it's always the first thing
you'll hold out to another.

The first.

And strangely, at this time,

that it should also be the...

(CRYING)

NARRATOR. And so it was that
Temujin, the Genghis Khan, was dead,

but not the tide
he set in motion.

His dream conquered
even after death.

His sons rolled westward
into the Hungarian plains,

burned a path to the
borders of Egypt.

One grandson founded the
Mughal dynasty of India,

while another was the great
Kublai Khan, Emperor of China.

And when the conquest
was finished,

half the population of the world was
contained in the Mongol Empire.

The empire born in the imagination
of the prince of conquerors,

Genghis Khan.