Temujin

The * real* story of Temujin is so powerful, so dramatic, so full of politics, powerplays, action and adventure (and even possibly romance -- look at how he honored his wife) .... all you need to to do is tell that story clearly and it would be a hit movie. (

kateelliott: Mongol The Movie kateelliott 2008

The Conqueror offers a mind-bending act of interracial minstrelry, as supercracker John Wayne fused DNA with the great Asian conqueror eventually known as Genghis Khan but known as Temujin here to become an odd creature known, to me at least, as John Wayneghis Khan.

My Year of Flops Nathan Rabin 2010

"Temujin", his only given name clearly indicates the pre-Qan individual.

languagehat.com: WORDS AT THE CBC. 2004

Through a series of courageous raids against the Tartars, Temujin’s legend grew, until Temujin was chasing a vision: to unite many tribes into one, to make the earth tremble under the hoofbeats of a thousand warhorses, to subject unknown nations and even empires to his will.

Genghis: Birth of an Empire by Conn Iggulden: Book summary 2010

He was born Temujin, the son of a khan, raised in a clan of hunters migrating across the rugged steppe.

Genghis: Birth of an Empire by Conn Iggulden: Book summary 2010

But Temujin enduredand from that moment on, he was driven by a singular fury: to survive in the face of death, to kill before being killed, and to conquer enemies who could come without warning from beyond the horizon.

Genghis: Birth of an Empire by Conn Iggulden: Book summary 2010

Well, jimbo, Temujin Genghis Khan (the originator of the Conan quote) did conquer the largest empire in history.

Matthew Yglesias » The Old Reagan Magic 2010

This is especially aggravating when one of the key elements of Temujin (Genghis Khan's) ACTUAL story is how his mother raised him and his brothers and sister and half brothers after the death of her husband.

kateelliott: Mongol The Movie kateelliott 2008

The emotional truth of this story is that Temujin rose to power without needing an outside impetus.

kateelliott: Mongol The Movie kateelliott 2008

Yes, Temujin was captured one time by another tribe, and not evidently for very long, and when he was by then a youth (no longer a child, not yet quite a man).

kateelliott: Mongol The Movie kateelliott 2008