Mongolia

A young man was born in central Mongolia; he was known as Temujin. He was born to a somewhat humble family and began as a child born with great purpose and many omens of success. The book of Genghis Khan and the making of the Modern World, gives great insight into the life of his life. He grew to be a great leader, general, and lawmaker. His life is fascinating and I find it sad that he is not seen as such in many circles. Genghis Kahn is someone who was a great man of history in many respects.…

According to statistics from WHO (2015), the average life expectancy at birth of the global population increases from 64 years to 71.4 years in the period between 1990 and 2015. In spite of an increase of the average life expectancy, there is health inequality appearing in everywhere; in other words, part of population is vulnerable to variety of mental and physical ailments, due to several factors such as genetics, environment, lifestyle, socio-economic, health care and so on. Among a great…

How did Genghis Khan use Legitimacy and Sanction to form a successful leadership for himself? Genghis Khan was many things, but amongst being a father, husband and a brother, he was a military Leader. There is no doubt that Genghis Khan’s ways of leading were sufficient in the way his followers were loyal to him undyingly. He managed to take over a large number of territory all over China, and expanded his own dynasty a multitude more than it once was. Not only this, but he was able to bring…

According to an account of the explorer Marco Polo there various traits of Mongolia and China that were similar to those of the civilizations of Europe. When Marco Polo travel across the Silk Roads to Mongolia and China, which was under the ruling of Kublai Khan, he stayed in the city of Kinsay. In Kinsay, Marco Polo observed that in the city there were twelve guilds which specialized in different…

The snow leopards have very light green or sometimes gray eyes, which is extremely unusual for the species of big cats, who usually have yellow or gold colored eyes. The snow leopard also has extremely beautiful, thick fur, it can be white, yellowish or a soft gray coat with spots of black and brown. The markings on the snow leopards fur help camouflage it from its prey. With the extremely thick coats, heavy fur lined tails and paws that are covered with fur, snow leopards are perfectly adapted…

newborns from all over the globe and their first year in the world. Hattie from San Francisco, U. S and Mari from Tokyo, Japan are two girls who live in urban areas. Ponijao from Namibia, a village in Southwest Africa, and Bayar from Bayanchandmani, Mongolia are two boys who live in particularly rural areas. This documentary shows the comparison of each culture without any narration, leaving it up to the viewer on interpreting the film. The film opens up with the way these babies are introduced…

Thailand, Laos and Cambodia, a little bit in Vietnam (not that much). Another wave went through Central Asia to China, and from China to Japan and Korea, and down to Vietnam. And another wave that went later from India to Tibet, and from Tibet to Mongolia, and throughout Central Asia and to the various Mongol groups who came to Russia, so the Buryats, the Kalmyks and also a Turkic group – the Tuvinians. So we have a wide diversity, and that is a bit simplifying, because within that there were…

He was the “first generation of Russification” to live in the “new East Asia” (Sunderland, p. 53). His military career took him to the eastern borders; where he encountered different cultures like, the Mongolians. Russia shared “2,000 miles with Mongolia”, therefore, Baron taught himself the Mongolian language so he could communicate with the people (Sunderland, p.105). The Baron's life on the Russian borders and the challenges that were present along the borders help give historians an idea of…

"Genghis Khan." History.com. A&E Television Networks, 2009. Web. 14 Mar. 2017.http://www.history.com/topics/genghis-khan Khan’s Genetic Legacy DNA study showed 16 million men in former Mongol empire carried a genetic marker that advanced in a family in Mongolia over 1,000 years ago. Only reasonable clarification to this would be they descended from Genghis Khan or his brothers. Szczepanski, Kallie. "Genghis Khan Rose From Slavery to Rule the World." ThoughtCo. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Apr. 2017.…

While I was reading “The History Craze” by MacMillan, a traditional phrase in our country, Mongolia, “The man who does not know his history is the same as a monkey who is lost in the jungle”, came into my mind. In my view, the content of this chapter and the meaning of this phrase somehow match and make me want to reflect on them. MacMillan attempts to imply the importance of history as she mentions, “History has shaped humans’ values, their fears, their aspirations, their loves, and their…