Did you know ...
- the song "Dschinghis Khan" is a disco-inspired tribute to the Mongol leader Genghis Khan?
- the Erdene Zuu monastery, one of the oldest monasteries in Mongolia, was built in 1585 using stones from the ruins of Genghis Khan's capital, Karakorum?
- the Mongols, led by Genghis Khan's grandson Hulegu Khan, executed Al-Musta'sim, the Abbasid caliph of the Islamic state, following the 1258 Battle of Baghdad?
- the Genghis Khan defeated Jelal ad-Din Mingburnu, sultan of the Khwarezmid Empire, at the Battle of Indus in 1221?
- according to Mongolian folklore, the escort that buried Genghis Khan committed suicide to make his grave impossible to find?
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