As a boy, Genghis Khan, then known as Temujin, lived in a struggling family. Tensions ran high, and disputes over food turned ...

Of history’s many colorful tyrants, few have captured contemporary imaginations quite like the Mongolian warlord known as Genghis Khan. Assembling disparate tribes to form the world’s largest ...

In stark contrast to the United States, with its scattered mini-wars around the globe, Genghis Khan always fought with one single, clear goal: victory. Total victory, not a qualified, partial, ...

Genghis Khan died in 1227 C.E. after having conquered a territory twice the size of the Roman Empire. His last wish was to be buried in secret, something his soldiers accomplished in two ways: by ...

For the first time, researchers have fully mapped “Genghis Khan’s Wall,” a 458-mile stretch of the iconic Great Wall located in Mongolia. “The famous ‘Great Wall of China’ actually consists of several ...

Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, Winston Churchill, even Barack Obama: there are many historical figures who Americans have turned to for inspiration in this political distemper. That’s especially ...

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 ...

Some 800 years ago, a fearsome, charismatic warrior named Temujin united the nomadic tribes of Mongolia. In 1206, he assumed the title Genghis Khan, often translated as emperor of emperors, and ...

In history written from a Western perspective, Genghis Khan — the ruler of the 13th-century Mongolian empire — occupies a place of infamy, perceived as a brutal, ruthless and primitive warlord who ...