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.

Other such princes and kings kept them as pets, including Genghis Khan and Charlemagne, who boasted of having kept cheetahs within their palace grounds.

Report of a massacre in the close by Bamiyan is recorded around this period, where the entire population of the valley was annihilated by the Mongol troops as a revenge for the death of Genghis Khan's grandson.

Proto-Mongolic, the ancestor language of the modern Mongolic languages, is very close to Middle Mongol, the language spoken at the time of Genghis Khan and the Mongol Empire.

Although the Oirats could not assert this claim prior to the mid-17th century, they did in fact have a close connection to Genghis Khan by virtue of the fact that Genghis Khan's brother, Hasar, was in command of the Khoshut tribe.

* Chop suey sandwich – Sandwich of chicken chop suey on a hamburger bun ( North Shore of Massachusetts – the only known remaining restaurants serving this specialty are " Genghis Salem ", " Salem Lowe " ( Salem ), and the newly opened " China Roma " restaurant on Revere Beach, ( Revere, Massachusetts ).

Genghis Khan usually fasted, prayed and meditated on this mountain before his campaigns.

Later the imperial cult of Genghis Khan ( centered on the eight white gers and nine white banners in Ordos ) grew into a highly organized indigenous religion with Tengriist scriptures in the Mongolian script.

After conducting researches in the 12th century, the Seljuk sultan Ahmed Sanjar ordered a city and shrine to be built on the location, where it stood until its destruction by Genghis Khan and his Mongol army in the 13th century.

Genghis Khan conquered the Merkits and Tatars who were settling in the area by 1227, before going on to expand into wider Central Asia, establishing the Mongol Empire.

His most complete work on this behalf is probably From Zalmoxis to Genghis Khan, which originally appeared in Paris in 1970.

The airport was renamed as Chinggis Khaan ( Genghis Khan ) International Airport to celebrate the 800th anniversary of the establishment of a Mongolian State on December 21, 2005.

Enraged, Genghis Khan then ordered his forces total annihilation of the town and surrounding region, with the Mongols formally laying a curse on the site.

* Bill & Ted's Excellent AdventureWhile rampaging through a mall, Genghis Khan rides up to a trampoline, does a somersault off of it, and lands back on his skateboard.

In particular, his chapter on Genghis Khan and the Mongol invasion runs counter to dominant European views of the time.

Some tales however tell of Minamoto's no Yoshitsune escaping his pursuers ; fleeing into the wilds of Mongolia ; where he lived on under a new name, Temujin ; known also as Genghis Khan.

Genghis was very tolerant of other religions, and never persecuted people on religious grounds.

Genghis Khan also created a national seal, encouraged the use of a written alphabet in Mongolia, and exempted teachers, lawyers, and artists from taxes, although taxes were heavy on all other subjects of the empire.

* Genghis Khan on the Web-Links about the Mausoleum and the controversy surrounding it.

In 1221, Merv opened its gates to Tule, son of Genghis Khan, chief of the Mongols, on which occasion most of the inhabitants are said to have been butchered.

The Japanese proclaimed that Demchugdongrub on a mission to " inherit the great spirit of Genghis Khan and retake the territories that belong to Mongolia, completing the grand task of reviving the prosperity of the nationality ".

Obihiro is famous for pork meat glazed in a special sauce on rice, which is called butadon ( 豚丼 ) and mutton, which is oddly named after Genghis Khan and called jingiskan ( ジンギスカン ).

Genghis Khan, and the following Yuan Emperors in China forbade Islamic practicies like halal butchering, forcing Mongol methods of butchering animals on Muslims, and other restrictive degrees continued.

Invaders in the history of Afghanistan include Alexander the Great, Genghis Khan, Timur, the Mughal Empire, Russian Tsars, the British Empire, the Soviet Union, and currently a coalition force of NATO troops, the majority of which are from the United States, following the US-led invasion which began on October 7, 2001, Operation Enduring Freedom.

In 2009 Gerrard completed work on the documentary by Australian adventurer Tim Cope called On the Trail of Genghis Khan and contributed her voice to the soundtrack, which began airing in 2010, of the Japanese NHK taiga drama Ryōmaden, a story based on the life of Sakamoto Ryoma.

In one famous passage the Oirat chief, Quduqa Bäki, uses a yada or ' thunder stone ' to unleash a powerful storm on Genghis ' army.