Genghis Khan is everywhere. But "everywhere" I was you could say it was a tourist place. Epppure, yet I feel that history is still alive here, which is not a mere matter of souvenirs. For us it is a bit difficult to imagine, would be as if someone had the portrait of Charlemagne to the restaurant, but here Genghis Khan does memory of a time when the Mongols ruled the world, in an empire stretching from China, Persia ( Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Turkey), European Russia to the gates of what a few years ago was the Europe of 15. Hordes of warriors traveled unchallenged these quantities and the beloved Genghis was the starter of it all, succeeded in unifying the tribes and lead them in the first major battles.

What did it mean for Europe? Soon, because fortunately for us the "Khan" (or its successor, can not remember) died just as they were moving the paw decisive, which meant that the traditional return of the warriors little house for the coronation of his successor (yes, it is crazy). As regards China, and certainly very little wrong in summary, this meant the advent of the Mongol emperors, moving variously stable north of the capital (Beijing) China but much in the middle of the "Kingdom of the Great Khan," which included Mongolia as well. Maybe some old man had said that the Great Wall was enough to go around ...