Do you know about Genghis Khan,

A ruthless but talented military man,

Who built a vast empire from Russia to China – almost across to Japan?

He brutally conquered every other nation,

Bent them quite literally,  to his domination,

But brought them all  peace and saved them from chronic starvation.

As part of his single-minded, unifying programme,

He built up a courier system that was known as Yam,

To protect all his people from deception or scam.

Recent research suggests there’s a syndrome,

That 16 million men who call Asia their home,

All share this ruler’s Y-chromosome.

The US likes to think the burger is their invention,

But I believe that this is a bone of contention,

Because Genghis’s men did so by a kind of extension.

They put beef under their saddles to benefit from constriction,

Which broke down into mince, because of the friction,

And cooked from the heat of the horse to their predilection!

Genghis Khan was born under the name Temujin,

When he died they dug an unnamed  grave to bury him in,

According to the traditions and customs of Mongol kin.