the empire was known as a Great Khan, and Khans were leaders of specific regions of the empire. When a Great Khan dies, one of the Khans will be selected to be the new Great Khan. Generally this process took quite a long time, this was because the death of a Great Khan was very serious. This is evident when you look at the burial of Genghis Khan. When Genghis Khan died, 2,000 slaves were forced to help bury the body and they were all monitored by guards. When the slaves finished, the guards killed…
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