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Hello and welcome to the final episode of our series on Chingas Khan.

We left you with Chingis back home after a stunningly

successful campaign, pushing his empire further and further west. His armies reached as far as Georgia,

leaving a trail of destruction behind them. Chingis Khan is now into his 60s. Thoughts are turning to who

is going to succeed him.

Which of his four sons is best equipped to sit on his saddle?

He's threatened to have all of them executed at one stage or another.

But before all of that, he's still not done.

There are battles to be fought and enemies to be crushed.

There are still lands left to conquer. To the west, Kiev,

Novgorod, Poland, Hungary and elsewhere offer rich pickings, and there are still parts of China

to overcome. More potential territory to add to his already vast empire.

Thank you. Empire. From Wondery and Goalhanger, I'm Peter Frank Apern.

I'm Afwa-Hash.

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This is Chingers Khan, episode four, the final campaign.

Nothing sets off Chingiz Khan's notoriously short fuse quicker than being betrayed. He might be in his

60s now, but if you think someone has gone behind his back or let him down, then he's reaching for

his sword and calling for his horse. So when in 1226 the Tangut rise against their Mongol conquerors,

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