Andrew's report to his sovereign, whom he rejoined in 1251 at Caesarea in the Palestine, appears to have been a mixture of history and fable ; the latter affects his narrative of the Mongols ' rise to greatness, and the struggles of their leader Genghis Khan with Prester John ; it is still more evident in the position assigned to the Mongols ' homeland, close to the prison of Gog and Magog.

The district was devastated by Genghis Khan, and has never since fully recovered its prosperity.

He was a direct descendant of Timur through his father, and a descendant also of Genghis Khan through his mother ; hence, he identified his lineage as Timurid and Chaghatay-Turkic.

According to al-Maqrizi, the Yassa of Genghis Khan contained a provision that mandated the death penalty for anyone who became bankrupt three times.

Kublai Khan, grandson of Genghis Khan, wanting to adopt the customs of China, established the Yuan Dynasty.

During the Yuan dynasty, Halal methods of slaughtering animals and preparing food was banned and forbidden by the Mongol Emperors, starting with Genghis Khan who banned Muslims and Jews from slaughtering their animals their own way, and making them follow the Mongol method.

The legacy of Genghis Khan has been contested between China, Mongolia, and Russia, all three states having significant numbers of ethnic Mongols within their borders, and holding territory that was conquered by Khan.

The name or title Dalai Lama in Mongolian may also have derived originally from the title taken by Temüjin or Genghis Khan when he was proclaimed emperor of a united Mongolia during 1206.

Temüjin took the name Čingis Qāghan or " oceanic sovereign ", the anglicized version of which is Genghis Khan.

Genghis Khan and the Mongols were well known for strongly insisting on the rights of diplomats, and they would often take terrifying vengeance against any state that violated these rights.

The title Khagan ( khan of khans or grand khan ) was held by Genghis Khan, founder of the Mongol Empire in 1206.

Only the Khagans from Genghis Khan to the fall of the Yuan Dynasty in 1368 are normally referred to as Emperors in English.

* Genghis Khan ( 1965 )

* Worst Casting: John Wayne as Genghis Khan in The Conqueror

Outer Mongolia, the former homeland of the imperial dynasty of Genghis Khan, was another lamaist theocracy from 1585, using various styles, such as tulku.

By 1219, the empire had fallen to the Mongols, led by Genghis Khan.

Taimur, a descendent of Genghis Khan, created a vast new empire across Russia and Persia which he ruled from his capital in Samarkland in modern day Uzbekistan.

In 1526, Babur, a Timurid descendant of Timur and Genghis Khan from Fergana Valley ( modern day Uzbekistan ), swept across the Khyber Pass and established the Mughal Empire, covering modern day Afghanistan, Pakistan, India and Bangladesh.

Babur's decision to divide the territories of his empire between two of his sons was unusual in India, but it had been a common Central Asian practice since the time of Genghis Khan.

Never before had any person controlled as much land as Genghis Khan.

Genghis Khan was a pagan who tolerated nearly every religion, and their culture often suffered the harshest treatment from Mongol armies.

Imperialism was a basic component to the conquests of Genghis Khan during the Mongol Empire, and other war-lords.

* 1215 – Zhongdu ( now Beijing ), then under the control of the Jurchen ruler Emperor Xuanzong of Jin, is captured by the Mongols under Genghis Khan, ending the Battle of Zhongdu.

By 1450, the Tatar language had become fashionable in the court of the Grand Prince of Moscow, Vasily II, who was accused of excessive love of the Tatars and their speech, and many Russian noblemen adopted Tatar surnames ( for example, a member of the Veliamanov family adopted the Turkic name " Aksak " and his descendents were the Aksakovs ) Many Russian boyar ( noble ) families traced their descent from the Mongols or Tatars, including Veliaminov-Zernov, Godunov, Arseniev, Bakhmetev, Bulgakov ( descendents of Bulgak ) and Chaadaev ( descendents of Genghis Khan's son Jagatay ).

This was key to many of Genghis ' early victories over other Mongolian tribes.

Upon the death of Genghis Khan, his empire was divided among his sons and many dynasties were thus formed: the Yuan in China, the Ilkhanids in Iran, and the Golden Horde in northern Iran and southern Russia.

One possible origin is that they are descendants of Mongolian troops posted in the Hezhou area by Genghis Khan ( 1162-1227 AD ) during his journey westward, while another possibility is that they could be a mixture of many peoples including Mongolian, Han, and Tibetan groups.

In the Mongol invasion of Khwarezmia ( 1219 — 1221 ), Genghis Khan invaded the region from the northeast in one of his many conquests to create the huge Mongol Empire.

During the invasion of Genghis Khan in the early 13th century, Yazd became a safehaven and home for many artists, intellectuals, and scientists fleeing their war ravaged cities across Persia.

However, the Kuchis themselves see the northern minority groups as a non-Afghan race, and claims the Kochis were natives of northern Afghan region, and that during many years of invasion such as Genghis Khan and Timur, they escaped south.

Similarly, many petty Tatar nobles asserted their right to style themselves " kniazes " because they descended from Genghis Khan.

Liddell Hart gave details of the Mongol campaign against Khwarezm, underscoring his own philosophy of " the indirect approach ," and highlighting many of the tactics used by Genghis which were to be subsequently included in the Blitzkrieg tactics employed centuries later by Nazi Germany.

This decimal system organization of Genghis Khan's strong military would prove very effective in conquering, by persuasion or force, the many tribes of the central Asian steppe, but it would also strengthen Mongol society as a whole.

In 1223, Genghis Khan defeated the Cumans and their Russian allies at the Battle of Kalka River ( in modern Ukraine ), and the final blow came in 1241, when the Cuman confederacy ceased to exist as a political entity, with the remaining Cuman tribes being dispersed, either becoming subjects and mixing with their Tatar-Mongol conquerors as part of what was to be known as the Nogai Horde, or fleeing to the west, to the Byzantine Empire, the Second Bulgarian Empire, and the Kingdom of Hungary, where they became kings and nobles with many privileges.

Subutai's family had been associated with the family of Temujin ( future Genghis Khan ) for many generations.

“ It is truly unbearably sad that the Mongol ethnicity, despite having since ancient times and especially in the time of Genghis Khan run a glorious path of development among the countries of Asia and Europe, should in these latter days have been divided into many parts, with some unable to protect and safeguard their ethnic roots, customs, land and property, revering a powerful foreign entity while not having any power or policy to carry out their own affairs or accomplish pertinent actions, not only subjecting themselves to others ' authority but actually striving to accomplish the policies and interests of foreign entities.

* There are many other themes and words that occur through several of the stories: jazz, Buddhisms, marmots, gers, Genghis Khan, green pens, camphor trees, dinosaur references, people named Brain ... and ghosts.

It then covers Temüjin's early life ; the difficult times after the murder of his father and the many conflicts against him, wars, and plots before he gains the title of Genghis Khan ( Universal ruler ) in 1206.

After Genghis Khan conquered Persia in the 13th century, great many of Mongols settled in Khorasan after depopulating its cities.

Simmons later worked in many other Warwick Films and worked for Allen in his The Long Ships and Genghis Khan where he had his eye injured when kicked by a horse.

Christianity was a major influence in the Mongol Empire, as several Mongol tribes were primarily Nestorian Christian, and many of the wives of Genghis Khan's descendants were strongly Christian.

Although he was an early champion of the theory of migration from Siberia across the Bering Strait, a narrative still strongly disputed by many Indigenous nations, far more controversial was his contention that the Tsimshianic-speaking peoples and Haida and Tlingit represented the most recent migration into the New World from Siberia, that in fact these peoples ' ancestors were refugees from Genghis Khan's conquests, some as recently as a few centuries ago.

In the face of the ethnic, religious and tribal diversity of the civilians and soldiers of the Mongol Empire, which eventually included modern day Persians, Chinese and many Turkic peoples, Genghis Khan insisted on focusing all loyalty on himself as Great Khan and no others.

This decimal system organization of Genghis Khan's strong military proved very effective in conquering, by persuasion or force, the many tribes of the central Asian steppe, but it also strengthened Mongol society as a whole.

Because of the extent of his empire, Genghis Khan deeply affected the cultures of many Asian countries, most notably Russia.

Before Genghis Khan, many tribes and confederations, including the Naimans, Merkits, Tatars, Mongols, and Keraits, often raided and battled each other, and maintained centuries-old blood feuds.

Now an established artist in Los Angeles, Abizaid has performed as a solo artist releasing a single, two EP's and one LP working with musicians Eric Dover, Ron Dziubla, Mike Mennell, Tom Gimbel ( keyboardist / saxophonist for Foreigner ), Brian Head and Brian Tichy ( drummer for Ozzy Osbourne ). Abizaid is getting back to her roots musically and has played many shows around the Los Angeles area at The Gig, The Mint and The Rainbow and other acoustic venues such as Genghis Cohen, Tangier and The Derby.