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Betrayal or Mistake? Rethinking the Defeat at Manzikert - Medievalists.net

The Byzantine defeat at Manzikert resulted from strategic miscalculations rather than battlefield treachery, though medieval chroniclers blamed specific commanders for disobedience and abandonment.
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The Secret History of the Mongols: The First Mongolian Chronicle - Medievalists.net

The origins of Činggis Qa'an: At the beginning there was a blue-grey wolf, born with his destiny ordained by Heaven Above. His wife was a fallow doe. They came crossing the Tenggis [sea]. After they had settled at the source of the Onan River on Mount Burqan Qaldun, Batačiqan was born to them. ~ The Secret History of the Mongols, de Rachewiltz translation So begins The Secret History of the Mongols, a medieval Mongolian-language history dedicated to the rise of Chinggis Khan (Genghis Khan).
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