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What if Subutai either...
...united the Mongols instead of Temujin, then hired Temujin as his primary general?
...rose to take Temujin's place after the would-be Khan is assassinated by his enemies?
Subutai lived longer than Genghis and his eldest sons, and was one of the best Mongol strategists. He was about as brutal as Genghis, but more openminded and adaptive. Under his rule, might the Mongols expand even quicker and more steadily?