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2006 is the 800th anniversary
of the founding of the
Mongolian Empire by Genghis Khan.
All over the world people
know of Mongolia because of Genghis khan. With the 800th anniversary
of the founding of the Mongolian Empire by Genghis Khan coming up
in 2006 interest in this fascinating country has never been higher.
Mongolians has been planning a lot of events and activities for this
anniversary. In anticipation of this event, we at GMN are offering
visitors from other countries a special horse trek through his land.
Click here to learn more about this horse trek WHO IS GENGHIS
KHAN?
Regarded by many as the founder of the Mongolian nation, Genghis Khan
was a great warrior, military genius and adroit leader. The twenty-third
generation after the legendary Blue Wolf, Temujin, whose destiny was
Heaven's Will, Temujim was born on the banks of the Onon River, in
the heart of Mongolia.
A member of the Borjigin clan, his mother was named Ho'elun and his
father Yesuhei. Various dates have suggested for his birth date, but
has been decided that 1162 is the most likely. Legend says that the
newborn Temujin had a blood clot in the palm of his hand, an omen
that he was destined to be a hero.
When Temujin was young, his father was poisoned by a group of Tatars,
and the Kiyat tribe broke up and scattered, abandoning their leader's
family and leaving Temujin's mother, Ho'elun, to raise her children
alone.
Accounts of Temujin extol him as intelligent, brave, and an adept
fighter, even from an early age, and as such a potential threat to
the leaders of other tribes of the steppe. As a young man, despite
extreme hardships, he repeatedly met perils and endured crises through
force of character and willpower.
At this time Mongolia was inhabited by several ethnic groups and clans
who were often at war amongst themselves. Through a period of gradual
consolidation, Temujin gathered many clans to his banner and destroyed
those who opposed him. When he was approximately 45 years old, there
was a Great Huraldai (assembly), where he was proclaimed "Genghis
Khan," the leader of all of the clans in Mongolia. Genghis Khan
then set his sights beyond Mongolia's borders. His first campaigns
were against the Chinese. Although his armies, for the most part,
defeated their Chinese counterparts, the Mongols never established
a lasting occupying force. Instead, they would extract concessions
from the Chinese and return to Mongolia laden with silks, jewelry,
weapons and other booty. Losing interest in China, Genghis Khan turned
westward. At that time, the Khwarazam Empire, ruled by the Khwarazam
Shah, controlled the land west of the Tian Shan Mountains to the Caspian
Sea. After a short-lived attempt to develop trade between the two
empires, a disagreement arose between the two leaders and Genghis
Khan decided to mount a major campaign against the Khwarazam Empire.
Despite the fact that the Mongolian armies were outnumbered by more
than two to one, the brilliant battle tactics of Genghis Khan and
his generals resulted in total defeat of the Shah and brought an end
to the Khwarazam Empire.
By Genghis Khan's death in 1227, the Mongol Empire reached from the
Pacific Ocean to the Caspian Sea. Upon his death, the lands were divided
between Genghis Khan's descendants who continued his legacy of conquest
until they controlled the largest contiguous land empire the world
has ever known (including all of present-day China, Korea, all of
the former Soviet Central Asian Republics, major portions of Russia,
including Kiev and Moscow, eastern Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, and
Afghanistan). Eventually, after the Mongol Empire had disintegrated,
Genghis Khan's legacy continued when his distant descendants established
the great Moghul Dynasty, which ruled the Indian Sub-continent for
generations. One important accomplishment of Genghis Khan is that
he was unified the Mongol nation and established the United Empire
of Mongols.
Mongolian Empire reaches Germany
in archaeology exhibition.
August 17, 2005
By Ana Huebner
The year 2006 will mark the 800th anniversary of the establishment of
the Mongolian Empire, the largest empire documented in history. On June
16, the exhibition Genghis Khan and his Heirs, The Empire of the Mongols
will open at the Art and Exhibition Hall of the Federal Republic of
Germany in Bonn . It will not only depict the Mongolian Empire at the
height of its power, but will also reflect the life of its predecessors
and successors, reviving the mythos of the ancient empire and its leader
Genghis Khan.
The exhibition will feature more than 400 items including recent archeological
discoveries of weapons, armor, historic maps, textiles and ceramics,
illustrating the state, military and social order maintained by Genghis
Khan and his successors.
The focus will be on exhibits that were discovered in the legendary
former capital of Karakorum that was declared a UNESCO World Heritage
site. Excavations have been carried out since 2000 in cooperation with
the German Institute of Archaeology, the Friedrich-Wilhelm University
in Bonn and the Mongolian Academy of Science.
The treasures to be shown in Bonn represent a sophisticated organization
that was unique for Eurasia steppe empires, due to the steady exchanges
of political, economic and social ideas between the Middle East, China,
Russia and nomadic groups in the steppe. Findings, uncovered by French
and Turkish archaeologists, of forerunners like the Xiongnu (third century
B.C. to first century A.D.) and the Turk Empire (sixth and seventh century
A.D.) will be on display as well as exhibits from a period after the
Mongolian Empire ruled by Genghis Khan. Buddhist art like crafts, paintings
and bronzes will exemplify the role of Buddhism and documents will show
the political changes within the country during the 20th century.
As well as the exhibition, there is a large supporting program of events
on the theme of the Mongolian Empire including conferences, lectures,
workshops and performances of Mongolian artists. There will even be
three gers set up to give visitors an impression of life in Mongolia.
Some of the Mongolian artwork will be lent by museums in Teheran, Paris,
St. Petersburg, Tokyo and Taipei. The exhibition will be held until
September 25 and will then move on to Munich in October.
Resource: THE UB POST newspaper
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