The ‘Genghis Khan’ exhibition in Kansas USA
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The ‘Genghis Khan’ exhibition about the Mongol
Empire as well as the Great Khan of the Empire and his descendants has
officially opened in Kansas City in the U.S. state of Missouri. Around 300
guests including Ambassador of Mongolia to the United States Otgonbayar
attended the opening event held at Union Station Kansas City, enjoying
Mongolian folk art concert. The exhibition, which is of great importance in
presenting Mongolia’s customs, culture, life, and history to U.S. people and
deepening understanding between the peoples of the two countries, offers an
opportunity to experience life in 13th-century Mongolia by visiting replicas of
tents, battlegrounds, and marketplaces and view 200 spectacular objects from
that period such as gold jewelry and ornaments, silk robes, musical
instruments, pottery, and sophisticated weaponry.
Genghis Khan (1162 – August 18, 1227) was the founder and first Great
Khan of the Mongol Empire, which became the largest
contiguous empire in history after his death. Mongol leader Genghis
Khan rose from humble beginnings to establish the largest land empire in
history. After uniting the nomadic tribes of the Mongolian plateau, he conquered
huge chunks of central Asia and China. His descendants expanded the empire even
further, advancing to such far-off places as Poland, Vietnam, Syria and Korea.
At their peak, the Mongols controlled between 11 and 12 million contiguous
square miles, an area about the size of Africa.
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