Despite being known as a dictator, Mongolians built the world's largest equestrian statue in Genghis Khan's name.

The legendary conqueror Genghis Khan (Chinggis Khaan) laid the foundations of the Mongol Empire and remains one of the seminal figures in world history. Born under the name “Temüjin” as the ...

Genghis Khan and Emperor Kublai Khan statue on Khan Mountain inn Holingol, Tongliao City CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images EXCLUSIVE: A documentary charting an expedition to the ancient ...

Having conquered a territory twice the size of the Roman Empire, Khan was the Universal Ruler - “Genghis Khan” in Mongol - of an empire that would eventually stretch from the Pacific Ocean ...

Genghis Khan unified the Mongols and created an enormous empire that stretched from the Pacific Ocean to Ukraine by the time of his death in 1227; and his successors would go on to conquer even ...

A few days later, on a landmark trip to Mongolia, he summoned praise for the medieval empire forged by the great Mongol chieftain Genghis Khan ... a Quran or a Buddhist statue to facilitate ...

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 ...

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 ...