Genghis Khan

Based on the biography of Genghis Khan's life, I believe that he can be interpreted in both ways. I say that he is both a psychopath and leader at the same time. From the biography, the historians concluded that Genghis experienced situations in his life that made him change and become what he was known for; an example would be when nine year old Genghis lost his father from poisoning. Following this event, Genghis started changing into someone else that people feared. Another example would be that Genghis killed his half-brother over a quarrel between fish; this further showed his ruthlessness. Genghis is also the greatest leader because of the amazing accomplishments that he achieved such as defeating various nomadic tribes and picking the best soldiers/strategies. However, even though Genghis did these things, he still faced situations that made him desperate in order to survive or achieve his goal. For example, when one of the nomadic tribes attacked Genghis' tribe, he quickly escaped with the most important people (family, best soldiers, etc), but he left behind his wife. So, knowing all of this information, I consider Genghis to be geared not completely toward a certain end of the human spectrum, but someone whose characteristics change based on the events of a given time.