In the year 1258, more than 100,000 soldiers amassed outside the great Islamic city of Baghdad. They were the Mongol Army, led by the grandson of the fearsome Genghis Khan. Within weeks, they'd left ...
His end didn't begin heroically. A guard walks down a set of stairs in front of the Genghis Khan statue at the Parliament Building of Mongolia in Ulan Bator on June 22, 2012. Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty ...
This post had garnered more than 12,000 views, 26,000 likes and 3,700 shares, as of this writing. Versions of the claim have spread for years, including on TikTok, Instagram and Facebook. The ...
When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Genghis Khan may have died of bubonic plague, and not from blood loss after being castrated or ...
Mongols were known for warfare but celebrated for productive peace. Humble steppe dwellers, Mongol leaders mastered the era’s most advanced technology. Embodying these tensions helped turn the Mongol ...
What cutting-edge technology has revealed in the 800-year-old search for the Mongol ruler's lost tomb. The "Yuan Emperor Album" includes a portrait of Genghis Khan, an iconic figure in Mongolian ...