Do you know about Genghis Khan,
A ruthless but talented military man,
Who built a vast empire from Russia to China – almost across to Japan?
He brutally conquered every other nation,
Bent them quite literally, to his domination,
But brought them all peace and saved them from chronic starvation.
As part of his single-minded, unifying programme,
He built up a courier system that was known as Yam,
To protect all his people from deception or scam.
Recent research suggests there’s a syndrome,
That 16 million men who call Asia their home,
All share this ruler’s Y-chromosome.
The US likes to think the burger is their invention,
But I believe that this is a bone of contention,
Because Genghis’s men did so by a kind of extension.
They put beef under their saddles to benefit from constriction,
Which broke down into mince, because of the friction,
And cooked from the heat of the horse to their predilection!
Genghis Khan was born under the name Temujin,
When he died they dug an unnamed grave to bury him in,
According to the traditions and customs of Mongol kin.
RAAckerman@Cerebrations.biz said:
I’m not sure his tenure could be associated with “peace”, but I loved the rest of the information…
caroness1 said:
But strangely, he did bring peace to those he conquered after killing all the men
suerae1 said:
Love the poem and info! Ewwww…. I don’t eat burgers cooked our way, I can’t even imagine what theirs would taste like!
caroness1 said:
Not me!
Marie said:
Yeah, that whole saddle thing is gonna make me toss my eggs with sriracha sauce! He didn’t have anything to do with the invention of sriracha sauce by the way, right?
caroness1 said:
It is an ingenious but repulsive idea!
annmullena said:
Great poetic history lesson. I think it should go in history books. As for the meat, horse, saddle thing–I pass.
caroness1 said:
I think we all pass on the horse hair burger!
carolinaheartstrings said:
Very interesting. Funny how we all reacted to the meat under the saddle thing.
caroness1 said:
It is rather stomach-turning but ingenious given they spent so much of their time on horseback!
MuMuGB said:
Genghis Khan is still celebrated as a human God (if there is such a thing) in Mongolia. I wonder what he looked like.
caroness1 said:
A tough cookie, I imagine!
Carol Tomany said:
So he murdered all the men and impregnated all the women 🙂 Great poem and I loved the bit about the burger – roast saddle of something 🙂
caroness1 said:
Pretty much…but once he’d killed all your menfolk he was a peace-living soul!
Alana Mautone (@RamblinGarden) said:
My husband has been intrigued by Genghis Khan for years and has read several works of historical fiction about him. What he’s told me from his reading made me enjoy the poem even more!
caroness1 said:
Glad you enjoyed it! He is a fascinating man!