Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Genghis Khan Monument, Tsonjin Boldog, Mongolia Genghis Khan was a 13th-century warrior in central Asia who founded the Mongol ...

The Mongol fleet struck by storm at sea, from the Livre des Merveilles (early 15th century) - Getty As Genghis Khan lay dying in August 1227, he commanded his heir, Ögedei, to continue the mission of ...

Could the Mongols have conquered Europe if not for the death of the great khan? In this documentary, we explore the military ...

For the first time, researchers have pinpointed a date when elite Mongol Empire people were drinking yak milk, according to a new study. For the first time, researchers have pinpointed a date when ...

"With the rise of projects to create global histories and art histories, the Mongol Empire is now widely taken as a fundamental watershed. In the later thirteenth century, the Mongol states ...

The capital of the Mongol Empire has been mapped in unprecedented detail. It turns out that the city of Karakorum was far larger than once thought and was quite unlike medieval European cities in its ...

Mummies bring information about our past, and it helps the present dwellers of the planet learn more about their heritage and early beginnings, with the recent discovery of an ancient elite Mongol-era ...

There was a time when tribal nomads acted as the main engine of global history, upsetting empires, spurring migrations and forcing change among settled societies. In successive waves for more than a ...

ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia (AP) — A towering statue of Genghis Khan dominates the landscape of rolling plains and endless skies outside Mongolia’s capital, Ulaanbaatar. The leader of the Mongols founded an ...

Monumental in size and boldly illustrated, the Great Mongol Shahnama is the most celebrated of all medieval Persian manuscripts. Considered Iran’s national epic, the Shahnama (Book of kings) was ...