Successors have a tough time, especially if the original was great. In geek speak, if version 1.0 rocked, 2.0 is bound to flog. Successors have a tough time, especially if the original was great. In ...

Before his death in 1227, Genghis Khan divided up his empire among his four sons with overall leadership given to his third son Ögedei, who was chosen by his father to be the Great Khan. Genghis’s ...

After Genghis Khan of the Mongol Empire died, his heir, Ogedei Khan, sought advice from the court’s highest statesman, Yelu Chucai, on areas of reform for the empire. The wise strategist said, ...

We all know Genghis Khan. But his right-hand man, Subutai, was equally fearsome. Subutai was not a Mongol, but he joined them at the age of 14. He was appointed as the door attendant of Genghis Khan.

A stately pleasure dome decree. These words, from English poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s 1797 poem Kubla Khan, paint a romantic picture of the medieval Chinese emperor Kublai Khan, grandson of the ...