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 ...

Genghis Khan is a name that conjures images of brutal warfare, sweeping conquests, and an empire that stretched across ...

The Mongol Empire was a huge but short-lived empire that at its peak stretched from the Pacific Ocean to central Europe. But while vast — it was the largest contiguous land empire in history — it was ...

Subutai, known as Sübe’etei Ba’atar, stands as one of the most legendary military minds in history. As the foremost general ...

The rise of the Mongol Empire at the hands of Genghis Khan in the early 1200s was a cultural and military expansion that forever changed the social (and even genetic) landscape of Eurasia. Playing an ...

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 ...

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 ...

In the beginning of the 13th century, Genghis Khan conquered much of Asia and Eastern Europe, forming the largest contiguous land empire the world has ever known, spanning modern China, Korea, Russia, ...

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 ...

Early in his career, Jack Weatherford wrote books about Indian tribes throughout the Americas. Eventually, the anthropology professor whose academic home is Macalester College in St. Paul found a new ...