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Ghenghis Khan had a profound effect on history. There is little contemporary history and this book understandably suffers from this deficit. What we know is largely from one source, the Secret History. The Mongols were illiterate herders whose culture were continually raiding their neighbors. After GK subjugated his neighbors he moved north toward Siberian furs and south toward the Chinese silk trading route.