" It seemed to them best not
even to wait for the expiration of the truce; Rouen surrendered on
June 24th, and in a few days Arques and Verneuil followed its example.
Thus did Normandy forsake--as Anjou and Maine had already
forsaken[37]--the heir of its ancient rulers for the King of the
French.
FOUNDING OF THE MONGOL EMPIRE BY GENGHIS KHAN
A.D. 1203
HENRY H. HOWORTH
The origin and early history of the Mongols are very
obscure, but from Chinese annals we learn of the existence
of the race, from the sixth to the ninth century, in regions
around the north of the great desert of Gobi and Lake Baikal
in Eastern Asia. The name Mongol is derived from the word
_mong_, meaning "brave" or "bold." Chinese accounts show
that it was given to the Mongol race long before the time of
Genghis Khan. It is conjectured that the Mongols were at
first one tribe of a great confederacy whose name was
probably extended to the whole when the power of the
imperial house which governed it gained the supremacy. The
Mongol khans are traced up to the old royal race of the
Turks, who from a very early period were masters of the
Mongolian desert and its borderland.
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