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The Mongol invasions of the 13th century radically altered the destinies of many prosperous and influential civilizations. The Chinese Empire was never the same again, the great cities of Cenral Asia were levelled, the Caliphate of Baghdad was destroyed forever and the Islamic Empire never recovered, the Russian nation was eliminated before it even begun, and the once powerful nations of Eastern Europe were humbled in the eye of their Western neighbours.
So what if Temujin was murdered in childhood, shortly after his father's assassination. Would another Genghis Khan emerge? Or would the hoards stay put on the steppes, squabbling among themselves. How would the geopolitical development of Eurasia pan out in the long term?
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