The vast, windswept plains of Mongolia are unforgiving. An expanse of undulating grasslands, battered by harsh winters and blistering summers, shaped those who called it home. It was in this relentless landscape that Genghis Khan’s early life unfolded—a childhood marked by tragedy, survival, and an indomitable will that would later forge one of the greatest empires in history. A Legacy of Blood and Betrayal Temujin’s father, Yesugei, was a tribal chief who sought to forge alliances through calculated marriages and warfare. Yet, Mongol politics were brutal, and loyalty was as fleeting as the wind. When Temujin was merely nine years old, Yesugei arranged for his son’s engagement to Börte, the…