"Shamans as Builders of Empires -- The Legacy of Genghis Khan
Pacific News Service, Commentary/Analysis, Franz Schurmann, Jun 20, 2005
Editor's Note: Does the past have an iron grip on the present and the future? Or can the dreams of the future turn the iron of the past and present into rust? Noted historian Franz Schurmann begins a series in which he proposes that history takes a long time to happen -- or, in some cases, history can be transformed by events that occur in the blink of an eye. Today's headlines need to be read with a long view. This first column looks at a leader who built a global empire in a span of less than two decades. "
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