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Hero Of The Steppes.(Periscope; SUMMER BOX OFFICE)('Mongol')(Movie review)(Brief article)
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June 30, 2008|
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Byline: Katie Baker
It's the late 12th century, at a trading bazaar in the Gobi Desert. A ruler from the local Tangut dynasty is buying slaves, and he's drawn to a captive named Temudgin. A seer warns against the sale--this man will bring ruin upon the empire. He chuckles and imprisons Temudgin in a filthy cell and hangs a sign: THE MONGOL WHO WANTED TO DESTROY THE TANGUT KINGDOM. People mock and stare.
But the joke's on the Tanguts. For Temudgin is the birthname of one Genghis Khan, whose beginnings are traced (via a light embellishment of scholarly ...
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