00:00A blue wolf took as his spouse a fallow doe.
00:14They settled at the head of the Onan River to raise their offspring, and there were born the Mongols.
00:21So begins my life's work, the secret history of the Mongols.
00:25I have been selected to compose this epic because great events are about to take place.
00:31We are going to leave Mongolia.
00:34I have lived always on this frigid dry and endless steppe.
00:38The tribes here squabble like vultures fighting over the desiccated corpse of a marmot.
00:44We fight over limited resources, scarce water, few trees, sparse grass for our herds to graze on.
00:52A wise and dangerous man named Temuchin means to change all this.
00:57He says that if the tribal conflict is to end, the Mongols require but two things.
01:03First, we need green pastures for our herds.
01:07With more to go around, there will be less competition among the tribes.
01:11Second, we are a nation of warriors.
01:14We need a common enemy with which to do battle.
01:17To meet both these needs, Temuchin has come up with the most modest of schemes.
01:22To unite the tribes and go to war with anyone who stands in our path.
01:27How, we ask him, how can nomadic horsemen in felt tents embark on a campaign of world conquest?
01:35Temuchin replies that we will fight not as warriors, but as a unified army.
01:40We fight not for our glory, but for the glory of Mongolia.
01:46And with those words, the name of Temuchin has passed almost into obscurity.
01:51His name is replaced with a title.
01:54Great Khan.
01:55Genghis Khan.
01:57Behold, the horde of Genghis Khan approaches.
02:17You men, you will visit each of the outlying tribes.
02:32You must convince as many as you can to join our glorious army.
02:37But beware the Karakitai.
02:39They are without honor.
03:10We will follow you if you can prove to us that you are favored by the gods.
03:20Bring to us a holy relic.
03:40Winter has been hard and our warriors are hungry.
03:50Bring us 20 sheep and we will join you.
03:53If you are injured, our mugs can heal you.
04:10Winter has been hard and our warriors are hungry.
04:40Winter has been hard and our warriors are hungry.
05:10Winter has been hard and our warriors are hungry.
05:18Winter has been hard and our warriors are hungry.
05:29Winter has got록了.
10:06Thank you, great Khan.
10:13We will honor our word by providing you with these soldiers.
10:16Okay, man.
10:55Thank you, man.
11:37Thank you, man.
11:46Thank you, man.
12:16Thank you, man.
12:17Thank you, man.
12:22Thank you, man.
12:52Thank you, man.
12:59Thank you, man.
15:34Well, we will ride with you.
15:36You have found one in bringing to us this artifact.
15:56We will ride with the Great Khan.
16:08Four Mongol tribes now follow the banner of Genghis Khan.
16:12The rest of the world will soon know a true fear.
16:16Nearly all of the Mongol tribes have united under the Great Khan.
16:36The cheptains of those tribes reluctant to join were boiled alive.
16:41Each day new faces have taken up the bow.
16:45Unfamiliar hands hold the nine bands of yak hair that has become Genghis's standard.
16:50There are more men and horses gathered in the camp than I ever knew existed.
16:55Horse archers and lancers, men in leather cuirass and silk armor all lift their heads upward to the platform from where Genghis speaks.
17:05The Great Khan calls himself the punishment of God.
17:10Men smile like hungry wolves.
17:13It is dawn of the first day of the Mongolian Empire.
