Genghis Khan was a 13th-century warrior in central Asia who founded the Mongol Empire, which stretched from the Pacific Ocean to Europe. Much about Genghis Khan remains unknown. For instance, we don't ...

JACK WEATHERFORD teaches anthropology at Macalester College. He is the author of "Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World." IN HIS FINAL televised speech to the Iraqi people in 2003, Saddam ...

When the Qing Empire fell, Outer Mongolia declared independence while Inner Mongolia remained part of China. Over a century ...

Throughout human history, natural climate change has played a role in the rise and fall of civilizations around the world, from the Mayans to the Romans. The empire of Genghis Khan of Mongolia, one of ...

Mongol: Historical drama. Directed by Sergei Bodrov. With Tadanobu Asano, Honglei Sun and Khulan Chuluun. In Mongolian with English subtitles. (Rated R. 124 minutes. At Bay Area theaters.) "Mongol" ...

Temudgin does not braid his hair. Why? It's tradition. And his father was poisoned by a rival tribe because he followed Mongolian custom and ignored reason. When it is suggested that Temudgin should ...

If anyone in central Asia 800 years ago could be called a feminist, one was Genghis Khan. Genghis Khan was a bloody oppressor who killed a prospective son-in-law because the man refused to marry one ...

Perhaps the most reliable modern empirical gauge of a movie’s effectiveness is this: How fast does it send you to Wikipedia? The faster, the better, because that means you’ve got to know more. In the ...

Tadanobu Asano, right, is Genghis Khan in 'Mongol.' There are some stories that are just too darn big to fit within the confines of a two-hour feature film. HBO took triple that time earlier this year ...

When 19-year-old Briton Lara Prior-Palmer rode across the finish line of the fifth annual Mongol Derby astride a Mongol horse earlier this month, she became the first female rider to win the equine ...