Genghis Khan: Good Weather 'Helped Him To Conquer' -- BBC
The rise of Genghis Khan and the huge Mongol Empire in the early 13th Century may have been helped by good weather, scientists suggest.
American researchers studying the rings of ancient trees in central Mongolia have discovered that his rise coincided with the mildest, wettest weather in more than 1,000 years.
Grass grew at a rapid rate, providing fodder for his war horses.
Genghis Khan united the Mongol tribes to invade and rule a vast area.
It covered modern-day Korea, China, Russia, eastern Europe, India and south-east Asia.
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My Comment: He was also busy doing something else.
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Dateline China, Central Asia, Persia, Russia, Eastern Europe, Northern Middle East early 1200's:
"Military and Scientific experts are caught off guard by the arrival of an extremely large Mongolian political junket apparently heading to a G8 meeting in Davos. Quoting an unauthorized military expert "This was completely unexpected, our tree ring analysis gave no indication of this." Another source off the record exclaimed "it's horrible, almost as bad as when the Shriners held their last convention in Las Vegas!"
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