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    1950 and 1997, Pakistan managed to win more than 30 British Open titles, 14 World Open titles, and many PSA professional titles. During the supremacy of Jahangir Khan and Jansher Khan in the 80s and 90s, squash in Pakistan reached incredible heights of success, although they were hardly the first players to excel in the game. Hashim Khan, a former squash coach in the British Army, was the first Pakistani to dominate the sport.When Pakistan gained independence, Hashim

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    The Art Of Secrets

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    pages. This book would most likely classify as Modern Realistic Fiction. The main characters are Saba Khan, Farooq Khan, Khawla Khan, and Salman Farooq. Though, every chapter is told from different points of view. There are about 10 different points, so I cannot give descriptions of everyone. The father and mother are muslim immigrants but are american citizens throughout the whole book. Saba Khan is an ambitious teen who is 15 years old. She’s amazing at tennis but her father does not agree with

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    The first document is a letter written by Chinggis Khan in 1219 Common Era (C.E.) to Changchun. In this letter, Chinggis writes to him requesting a meeting with him. However, he also critiques on how his empire is better than China. He states that China has been abandoned by the heaven because of the state of luxury China has been living. Further, this has a negative impact on China’s society and believes that if they leave luxury behind the Chinese would be able to live in a better state and conquer

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    not have sent a punishment like me upon you.”- Genghis Khan. Genghis Khan was the leader of the Mongol Empire and army, which rose to power in 1206 and fell in 1368 (timerime.com). Genghis Khan’s original name was Temujin and grew up around violence as a child, which would have explained why his methods of gaining power were so barbaric or savage like. Although some may argue that Genghis Khan rose to power only through brutality, Genghis Khan really rose to power in northern Asia due to his battle

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    Imagine someone is on their way driving home one Sunday afternoon, perhaps on the way home from a football game at a friend’s house, when all of a sudden they are forced to slam hard on the brakes because some “lunatic” has to be in front of you when the light turns green. With extreme indignation, the “violated” driver resolves, once the light turns the right shade, to covertly get around the perpetrator and “step on it”. Welcome revenge. It is that feeling a person gets when someone has done

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    The Trial of Genghis Khan consisted of a wide range of witnesses that sided with him or went against him. during the trial the two witnesses that proved to be beneficial to the prosecution/defense were the Balkh shopkeeper and Mstislav. During the trial, while the prosecution team questioned him, the shopkeeper provided a decent testimony. He informed the Jury and audience of the brutality of the Mongols by having an excellent array of details when explaining how the Mongols separated the useful

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    “I am the wrath of God. If you had not committed great sins, God would not have sent a punishment like me upon you.”- Chinggis Khan. Chinggis Khan was the greatest military and political mind of his, if not all, time. His name has become synonymous with ruthlessness, but Chinggis Khan was actually the most civilized, merciful, and eco-friendly ruler of his time. Chinggis Khan’s birth name was Temujin. He entered the world he was destined to conquer in 1162 in the modern Mongolia-Siberia border

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    Gilgamesh took a jab at the Great Khan, bitterly throwing an insult which related to the Khan copulating with some type of animal or another. Gilgamesh was still taking the invasion of the middle-east a bit too personally, even though Gilgamesh himself was out of the picture several thousand years before Genghis was

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    Genghis Khan and his hawk, which is retold by Lori Verstegen , was published by the Institute for Excellence in writing in 2007. It’s a true story based on a legend. Genghis Kahn is a ruler of a vast empire. In the story, Genghis Khan is enjoying a hunting trip with his hawk. Genghis Khan is a powerful ruler in Mongolia in the 1200’s, is short tempered and rash. On the other hand, his hawk is loving, loyal and persistent. He always does what’s right for his master. The conflict is that the Khan desperately

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    his cities reduced to ashes. To see those who love him shrouded and in tears. And to gather to your bosom his wives and daughters.” ~Genghis Khan. How can you compare Genghis Khan in Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure to Genghis Khan in life? People know Genghis Khan as a ruthless killer. When really there is more under his long hair and big beard. Genghis Khan was a successful leader, who did not have many conflicts along the way and had parts of him hidden away that no one really knows about. The

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