Genghis Khan (Civ6)

Genghis Khan
Introduced in Rise and Fall
Civilizations	Mongolian
Leader bonus - Mongol Horde
Cavalry class units gain +3 Combat Strength and have a chance to capture defeated cavalry class enemy units.
Leader agenda - Horse Lord
Builds a strong cavalry force, and likes civilizations that do not compete in cavalry. Dislikes those who rival him in cavalry strength.

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"It is easy to conquer the world on horseback. But to dismount and govern? That is the hardest task."

For the Great General, see Genghis Khan (unit) (Civ6).

Genghis Khan (c. 1162 – 18 August 1227), born Temüjin, was the first Great Khan of the Mongols, uniting the nomadic tribes of the Mongolian steppes under his rule and founding the Mongolian Empire, which after his death became the largest contiguous land empire in history. He leads the Mongolians in Civilization VI: Rise and Fall.

The wide-open steppe is a huge expanse, one that is almost large enough to hold Genghis' mighty cavalry army.

Intro

Genghis Khan, your cunning built Mongolia an empire from the back of your horse. Always charge to meet enemy cavalry, for a victory can draw them to your ranks. Send your swift and powerful Keshig archers to hasten your citizens across the land. Soon, the steady drumbeat of Mongolian cavalry is a sound you will teach the world.

In-Game

Genghis Khan's unique agenda is Horse Lord. He tries to build the world's strongest cavalry force, and dislikes other civilizations with strong cavalry forces.

His leader ability is Mongol Horde. It provides all his light and heavy cavalry units and Keshig with +3 Combat Strength and a chance to capture defeated cavalry units from enemies.

Detailed Approach

Genghis wants to start two endeavors early: trading with their neighbors and settling on Horses resources. Your trading posts will quickly reveal secrets about those neighbors, finding out which ones you should befriend and who should be targeted for elimination. Build your army of mounted units from Encampments with your Ordu stables to maximize the speed at which you can strike. Then work to gather cavalry units from all possible opponents, turning your horde into an unstoppable force that can sweep across the continents.

Lines

Genghis Khan is voiced by Hu A Li Ma. He speaks modern Mongolian with some stylization to classical Mongolian language.

Voiced

Codename	Quote (English translation)	Quote (Mongolian)	Notes
Agenda-based Approval	The cavalry you field is an embarrassment, but thankfully a small one. (lit. "You, baghatur, brought shame upon yourself, but it's not a big one.")	Баатар эр чи гутаагдсан бию, гэвч энэ бол басу их гутамшиг бус билугэ. / Baatar er chi gutaagdsan biyu, gevch ene bol basu ikh gutamshig bus biluge.
Agenda-based Disapproval	You wouldn't wear a sheep's bladder and call it a helmet. So why claim you have amassed "cavalry?" (lit. "Did you put a sheep's bladder on your head and call it a double helmet, did you recruit cowards and call them great baghaturs, didn't you?")	Хонин давсаг толгой дээрээ углаад хоёр дуулга хэмээж хулчгар амьтад цуглуулаад хурц баатрууд хэмээмэй юу чи. / Khonin davsag tolgoi deeree uglaad khoyor duulga khemeej khulchgar amitad tsugluulaad khurts baatruud khemeemei yuu chi. (Laughs.)
Attacked	No more words. Today, Mongolia charges toward your defeat. (lit. "There is no need to speak many words. Today, the Mongols will ensure your defeat!")	Олон үг хэлэх хэрэггүй! Өнөөдөр монголчууд чиний ялагдлыг гэсгээмуй! / Olon üg khelekh khereggüi! Önöödör mongolchuud chinii yalagdlyg gesgeemui.
Declares War	You stand in the way of my armies. Soon, you shall fall before them. (lit. "Did you try to stand in the way of my great army? Soon you will bow before my great troops.")	Чи миний их цэргийг хориглох гэж оролдов уу. Удалгүй чи миний их цэргийн өмнө өвдөг сөхрөн унамуй. / Chi minii ikh tsergiig khoriglokh gej oroldov uu. Udalgüi chi minii ikh tsergiin ömnö övdög sökhrön unamui.
Defeated	You have hobbled the Mongolian clans. My respect for you nearly matches the loathing. (lit. "You deceived the Mongols, and now in my eyes you're as disgusting as snot from the nose and vomit from the mouth.")	Чи монголчуудын хууран мэхэлсэн тул миний нүдэнд хамрын нус, амны бөөлжис мэт муухай харагдах бию. / Chi mongolchuudyn khuuran mekhelsen tul minii nüdend khamryn nus, amny bööljis met muukhai kharagdakh biyu.
Greeting	I am Genghis Khan. Before me lie future Mongolian lands. Behind me is the only cavalry that matters. (lit. "I am Genghis Khan. Before me vast Mongolian steppe, behind me a mighty and great horse army.")	Би бол басу Чингис хаан бию. Урьд минь Монголын уудам тал хойно минь хүчирхэг их морьд цэрэг байба. / Bi bol basu Chingis khaan biyu. Urid mini Mongolyn uudam tal khoino mini khüchirkheg ikh morid tsereg baiba.
Quote from Civilopedia	It is easy to conquer the world on horseback. But to dismount and govern? That is the hardest task. (lit. "It is easy to conquer the world on horseback, but you cannot rule the world from horseback.")	Дэлхий дахиныг морин нуруун дээрээс эзлэх амар, харин дэлхий дахиныг морин нуруун дээрээс засаж үүрд болмуй. / Delkhii dakhinyg morin nuruun deerees ezlekh amar, kharin delkhii dakhinyg morin nuruun deerees zasaj üürd bolmui.	This is probably inspired by a quote attributed to Yelü Chucai, an adviser and administrator of the early Mongol Empire. According to the inscription on his tomb and other Chinese sources this is what he said to Ögedei Khan, son of Genghis Khan. It is also quoted in René Grousset's The Empire of the Steppes: A History of Central Asia - "The Empire, he told Ögödai, was created on horseback, but it cannot be governed on horseback." But this quote really belongs to Lu Jia, a Western Han dynasty Chinese politician who lived long before (died in 170 BC).

Unvoiced

Delegation: I am sending you gifts—surplus horses, a youth's bow, and airag to fortify you. Drink up!

Accepts Delegation from Player: My riders escorted your delegation to safety and distributed your gifts. They were adequate.

Rejects Delegation from Player: Your gifts are unnecessary. If I wanted those things, I would take them.

Accepts Player's Declaration of Friendship: Eagles soar above doves and rabbits. Let us stand in friendship, and the rest can cower in our shadow.

Rejects Player's Declaration of Friendship: No. Don't assume Mongolia admires you that much.

Requests Declaration of Friendship: Accept Mongolia's friendship! I want to see the world tremble when they learn we are united.

Player Accepts Declaration of Friendship: Mongolia will appreciate this.

Denounced by Player: Foolish and feeble! How have you not been conquered yet?

Denounces Player: Your weakness and folly anger me. One day, perhaps soon, you will learn the danger in that.

Invitation to Capital: We should exchange information on our capitals. Someday I may want to visit you.

Invitation to City: Do you know whose lands you approach? See the Keshik gather, and know that this is Mongolia.

Civilopedia entry

Genghis Khan once demanded two banners: one white horse hide for times of peace, and of black horse hide for all the other times. Upon his death, his soul was alleged to live on in the black Spirit Banner. Some would call this a fitting legacy for the man whose armies terrorized the steppe and whose name has become synonymous with the word 'barbarian.'

At his birth in 1162 CE near the Burkhan Khaldun of Central Asia, he was given the name 'Temujin' by his father Yesugei, a Mongol chieftain, an act of revenge against a captured Tartar foe. His mother, Hoelun, was stolen by Yesugei and would raise Temujin and his siblings in exile after their father was poisoned by the Tartars.

Of course, Temujin would have his revenge.

By 10, the boy would be ostracized by his father's tribe, and by 16 he would kill his half-brother and marry Borte of the Konkirat tribe. All the while, Hoelun would coach her son in statecraft, in influencing allies and controlling enemies.

This would come in handy in his 20s after he was enslaved by former allies, the Taichi'uts. He'd quickly escape and, with his brothers, form a fighting unit, beginning raids of his own, gradually amassing an army of his own. He'd break with Mongol tradition and group fighters according to skill and not blood ties—and Temujin knew how to find skilled fighters.

With a 20,000-strong army, he'd defeat the Tartars and exhibit the brutality he would become known for in avenging his father, ordering the death of every Tartar male above three feet tall. Then he would defeat the Taichi'ut who enslaved him, having them all boiled alive. He would enlist his sons in war as well, sending the eldest, Jochi to conquer Siberia in 1207.

By 1206, his utter ability to destroy his enemies would allow him to unite the tribes of the steppes. That year, he would be given the title 'Genghis (or Chinggis) Khan' or 'universal leader' and issue the Yassa, a collection of divine laws governing everything from property to marriage to civil service designating its execution to his second son, Chagatai.

The Yassa would do away with the common causes of tribal warfare, banning the kidnapping of wives and doing away with inherited titles. He had an empire to control and was loathe to allow internal rivalries.

He would also grant religious tolerance to his followers (as long as they recognized Genghis Khan as the final authority). In this way he would affirm his power, claiming to have been granted it directly from God, and crossing Genghis would be as bad as crossing God. Ask the people of Persian city of Bukhara.

In 1220, the Mongols would begin a 15-day siege to the city after the Shah Ala ad-Din Muhammed killed a delegation of Genghis' ambassadors and traders. Those he did not slaughter Genghis would enslave, telling them he was the flail of God, sent to punish them before their execution.

His warlike ways would get the best of him…well into his 60s. He fell from a horse during the successful campaign against the Xi Xia, and never fully recovering from his injuries. Before he died, he would pass on leadership to his third son, Ogedei, and the Khans would rule an empire extending from East Asia to the Balkans.

Trivia

• Genghis Khan is, along with Alexander, Elizabeth I, Gandhi, Montezuma, and Shaka, one of six leaders to have appeared in every Civilization game to date.
• Genghis Khan's diplomacy screen shows some gers on a Mongolian steppe.
• Genghis Khan's leader ability is named after the sociopolitical and military organization of the Mongols, while his leader agenda references the great importance of cavalry in Mongolian warfare.
• The introduction of Kublai Khan in New Frontier Pass marks the second time since Civilization IV that Genghis Khan and his grandson have appeared in the same Civilization game.

Gallery

Promotional image of Genghis Khan

Genghis Khan on the loading screen (in Gathering Storm)

Videos

Civilization VI- Rise and Fall – First Look- Mongolia

First Look: Mongolia

Related achievements

Buying your Deels and Listening to Your Throat Singing As Genghis, win a Cultural Victory A reference to 'Buying Your Blue Jeans and Listening to Your Pop Music' (q.v.), with deels and throat singing being traditional parts of Mongolian culture. This could also be a reference to 'Unique Cultural Influence', a popular mod for Civilization V which, rather than the generic 'blue jeans and pop music' line, gave every civilization in the game a unique response line upon becoming culturally influential with an AI.

Lord of All Who Live in Felt Tents Win a regular game as Genghis Khan A reference to the title given to Genghis Khan by the Kuriltai, a political and military council of ancient Mongol and some Turkic chiefs and khans.

See also

• Genghis Khan in other games

External links

• https://www.civilization.com/news/entries/civilization-vi-rise-and-fall-genghis-khan-leads-mongolia