The post asked, "What's been the biggest fuck-up in the history of humans?" and naturally, I had to share. Here are some of ...

Genghis Khan’s DNA echoes through history—0.5% of men alive today may carry his Y-chromosome, a legacy of conquest, empire, ...

Kings and Generals continues its series on Mongol history with a look at the genetic legacy of Genghis Khan. Is it true that ... the founder of the Mongol Empire left a mark on the DNA of entire ...

The Mongol Empire emerged in the 13th century under the leadership of Genghis Khan, born Temujin in 1162. In just a few decades, they conquered more land than any empire before or since.

The discovered artifacts are associated with the Mongol Empire of Genghis Khan, who unified several nomadic tribes in the Mongol heartland. The Mongol Empire emerged from the unification of ...

Khan’s confidence inspired loyalty and unity, turning him into the ruler of the largest contiguous empire ... picture Genghis Khan’s commitment went beyond conquest; it was grounded in a vision of ...

(She was Genghis Khan’s wife—and made the Mongol Empire possible ... in raiding parties who communicated with each other by flags and whistling arrows, the Mongols made several feint attacks ...

The narrative underscored the fact that no one knew, at the time of this writing, where the founder and first khan of the Mongol Empire was buried ... tradition for Genghis Khan and his successors.

Internal squabbling, succession battles and attrition from enemy attacks eventually fragmented the Mongol Empire, which began to collapse in the middle of the 14th century. But Tamerlane ...