The Stories of Genghis Khan and Vlad the Impaler Essay

Over time there were many great evil rulers. Two important evil rulersemperors throughout the world were Genghis Khan and Vlad III Dracula. Both of these ruleremperors had things in common but led different stories.Vlad III Dracula or Romanian Vlad was born in Transylvania (Romania today). He was the second of four brothers born into the noble family of Vlad II Dracula. Vlad gets his name from when his father was inducted into The Order of the Dragon created by the Roman Emperor Sigismund. With his brothers,Dracula went to the court of Ottoman Sultan Murad II as some collateral to assure the sultan(Muslim sovereign ruler). Thisguaranteed their fathers previous position. In 1448, Dracula returned home to his father and older brothersassassination by the Walachin the year before. In order to regain his fathers previously held seat,Dracula had a life long series of campaigns. Once gaining the positon, he was only able to retain it for two months. Eight years of struggle soon followed with Dracula switching sides. During this period of reign and power,Dracula impaled his victims with stakes, then left the stakes in the groundleaving the army to die. He would impale foreign and domestic enemies that fit the group of people who looked like the ottoman, becoming known as Dracula the impaler. While retreating from battle in 1462 Dracula left a field filled with thousands of impaled victims and workers as a hope to discourage the Ottoman forces. Following this, he was captured by Hungarian forces only to be imprisoned, just after escaping the Ottoman capture. In 1476 he regained his chair only to be killed shortly after in battle. Dracula remained the folk hero in the reign for his efforts against the Ottoman encroachment.Genghis Khan, born Temujin, was a Mongolian warrior and ruler. He created the longest running empire in the world, the Mongolian empire. He was born in 1162 and was married by the age of 16. Khan was a member...

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