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 ...

Börte was Genghis Khan's principal wife and the first queen of the powerful Mongol Empire. Tents and animals. Horses and swords. The early days of the Mongol Empire were characterized by battle ...

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.

Genghis Khan has ... to the foundation of the Mongol Empire, the region that is modern-day Mongolia was inhabited by roaming Mongol and Turkic nomads, each led by a Khan. They were a pastoral ...

At its peak, the Mongol Empire covered the most contiguous territory in history. Led at first by Genghis Khan, the empire lasted from 1206 until 1368. During that time, it expanded to cover most ...

and protected travel under a period of “Pax Mongolica,” or Mongol peace, beginning in about 1279 and lasting until the empire’s end. But Genghis Khan’s death in 1227 ultimately doomed the ...