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The Conqueror is a 1956 American epic historical drama film, directed by Dick Powell and written by Oscar Millard.It stars John Wayne as the Mongol conqueror Genghis Khan and co-stars Susan Hayward, Agnes Moorehead and Pedro Armendáriz.
The second part ends with a promise of more to come involving Genghis Khan's sons and the quest of Cambalo to win Canace as his wife. When the Squire briefly describes the third part of the story that he is about to tell, there is a hint that in it Canace and her brothers will commit incest, [5] as happens in John Gower's version of the story. [6]
Genghis Khan [a] (born Temüjin; c. 1162 – August 1227), also known as Chinggis Khan, [b] was the founder and first khan of the Mongol Empire. After spending most of his life uniting the Mongol tribes , he launched a series of military campaigns , conquering large parts of China and Central Asia .
Giovanni da Pian del Carpine OFM (or Carpini; Latin: Iohannes de Plano Carpini, [1] anglicised as John of Plano Carpini; [1] c. 1185 – 1 August 1252 [2]) was a medieval Italian diplomat, Catholic archbishop, explorer and one of the first Europeans to enter the court of the Great Khan of the Mongol Empire. [3]
The Yuan dynasty was an imperial dynasty of China, proclaimed on 18 December 1271 by Kublai Khan, which succeeded the Song dynasty and preceded the Ming dynasty.It also functioned as a continuation of the Mongol Empire, which was founded by Genghis Khan in 1206, but which subsequently split into four autonomous states.
The city and its ruling princess Shalimar (Ann Blyth) are threatened by Genghis Khan (Marvin Miller) and his hordes. Shalimar hopes to defeat the conqueror by guile, whilst Sir Guy prefers to put up a brave (if ultimately futile) fight.
From Genghis Khan to Tamerlane: The Reawakening of Mongol Asia. 2024. Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300275049. Translator of Friar William of Rubruck (1990). Peter Jackson; David Morgan (eds.). The Mission of Friar William of Rubruck: His Journey to the Court of the Great Khan Mongke, 1253-1255. Hakluyt Society. ISBN 0-904180-29-8.
Genghis Khan made off with Vut's daughter and married her to his son, and their union produced Möngke, the Khan at the time William wrote. [34] According to Marco Polo's Travels, the war between the Prester and Genghis Khan started when Genghis Khan, new ruler of the rebellious Tartars, asked for the hand of Prester John's daughter in marriage ...