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The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

CHAPTER XLII: State Of The Barbaric World
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376,) and the twenty generations, from their restoration to Zingis.] [Footnote 2511: The Mongol Temugin is also, though erroneously, explained by Rubruquis, a smith.

Schmidt, p 876 .-- M.] [Footnote 2512: There appears the same confusion here.

Bertezena (Berte-Scheno) is claimed as the founder of the Mongol race.

The name means the gray (blauliche) wolf.

In fact, the same tradition of the origin from a wolf seems common to the Mongols and the Turks.


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