The Mongol fleet struck by storm at sea, from the Livre des Merveilles (early 15th century) - Getty As Genghis Khan lay dying in August 1227, he commanded his heir, Ögedei, to continue the mission of ...

You'll have heard the name. Here's why. "Genghis Khan: The Secret History of the Mongols" tells the story of a man who built an empire that stretched from China to Mesopotamia and from the Danube to ...

Could the Mongols have taken Europe? The Mongols were certainly world-class conquerors. In the thirteenth century, they ruled ...

The brand new six-part history docuseries, Genghis Khan: The Secret History of the Mongols, premieres on National Geographic Thursday, May 1 at 9/8c. The new National Geographic docuseries brings to ...

At its zenith, the British Empire was the largest empire in history, governing over a quarter of the world’s land area. It was said that the sun never set on the British Empire, highlighting its ...

Of all the empires that arose and thrived on the face of this earth, which were the five most powerful? And how is it even possible to select five empires from among the hundreds that have flourished ...

The history of the world is, perhaps unfortunately, the history of empires. As far back as historians can take us, humans have sought to subjugate one another, and some have proved particularly good ...