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Ancestry Report (Paternal) - Genetic Report - Philosophy and Religion

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oooSome modern historians believe that toward the end of his life he tried to establish legal equality of allindividuals, including women.Kahn had complete trust in his generals <strong>and</strong> often gave them the same privileges reserved only for family.He is credited for the introduction of the first written Mongolian laws.In the three following decades he led a constant military campaign that ravaged vast areas <strong>and</strong> conquered millionsof people, which lead to his current place in history as a brutal <strong>and</strong> violent conqueror. Quick cavalry attacks <strong>and</strong> veryinventive methods of siege warfare were some of his more successful military tactics <strong>and</strong> he is well known forsuccessfully adapting his methods to meet new challenges.Over the years his image as a warmonger in western civilizations has been reassessed. With the acknowledgmentthat under his rule there was a beneficial transfer of culture <strong>and</strong> technology as his armies moved through Asia, theMiddle East <strong>and</strong> Europe, Khan was more than just a bloodthirsty tyrant <strong>and</strong> conqueror. He united the Mongols <strong>and</strong>established one of the most culturally <strong>and</strong> ethnically diverse empires of its time that lasted more than 150 years afterhis death.Read more about Genghis Khan.Joseph Stalin - YDNA GJoseph Stalin was the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union’s CentralCommittee (1922-1953). Following the death of Vladimir Lenin, the first Soviet Union Head of State,Stalin became leader of the Soviet Union. He was responsible for launching a comm<strong>and</strong> economy,replacing the New Economic Policy with the Five-Years Plan <strong>and</strong> creating a period of rapid industrialization <strong>and</strong>economic collectivization.oooStalin formed the “Iron Curtain” of Soviet Rule leading to the Cold War.Under Stalin the scope <strong>and</strong> power of the state’s secret police <strong>and</strong> intelligence agencies were greatlyincreased.In an attempt to improve his public image he made himself the focus of Soviet art <strong>and</strong> literature <strong>and</strong> wascredited with almost god-like qualities.Stalin launched the Great Purge in the late 1930s, which was a campaign to purge people accused of sabotage,terrorism, or treachery from the Communist Party <strong>and</strong> it later extended to the military. The suspects were usuallyexecuted, imprisoned in labor camps, or exiled after being captured. Millions of ethnic minorities were laterdeported.

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