This leader began the practice of holding victory feasts on a platform atop captured noblemen. The successors of this man are the subject of an account by Rashid al-Din, and this leader established the Yam postal system. This man measured the heads o
This leader began the practice of holding victory feasts on a platform atop captured noblemen. The successors of this man are the subject of an account by Rashid al-Din, and this leader established the Yam postal system. This man measured the heads of prisoners against a linchpin to determine who to execute after putting down Jamukha's revolt. The Naiman and Merkit tribes opposed this man, who responded to the murder of his ambassadors by destroying the Khwarezmian Empire. This husband of Borte was served by the general Subotai and was succeeded by his son Ogedei. For 10 points, name this founder of the Mongol Empire.
This leader began the practice of holding victory feasts on a platform atop captured noblemen.
Genghis Khan [or Chinggis Khan; Temujin]