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Genghis Khan Day is a national holiday in Mongolia. But why would they make a holiday honoring Genghis Khan?
SOURCES
Christopher Kaplonski, Truth, History and Politics in Mongolia: The Memory of Heroes (London: RoutledgeCurzon, 2004), chapters 5 and 6.
Nomin Lkhagvasuren, “Today’s Genghis Khan: From Hero to Outcast to Hero Again,” in William W. Fitzhugh, Morris Rossabi, and William Honeychurch, eds., Genghis Khan and the Mongol Empire ([Media, PA]: Dino Don, Mongolian Preservation Foundation, and [Washington, D.C.]: Arctic Studies Center, Smithsonian Institution, 2009), 282–287.
0:00 Genghis Khan Day
0:42 Historical background
2:50 Genghis Khan in the 20th century
4:55 Genghis Khan after communism
11:26 Historical narratives
17:54 Conclusion
Image of Genghis Khan statue by François Philipp, CC BY 2.0
flickr.com/photos/frans16611/4673835675
Genghis Khan Day is a national holiday in Mongolia. But why would they make a holiday honoring Genghis Khan?
SOURCES
Christopher Kaplonski, Truth, History and Politics in Mongolia: The Memory of Heroes (London: RoutledgeCurzon, 2004), chapters 5 and 6.
Nomin Lkhagvasuren, “Today’s Genghis Khan: From Hero to Outcast to Hero Again,” in William W. Fitzhugh, Morris Rossabi, and William Honeychurch, eds., Genghis Khan and the Mongol Empire ([Media, PA]: Dino Don, Mongolian Preservation Foundation, and [Washington, D.C.]: Arctic Studies Center, Smithsonian Institution, 2009), 282–287.
0:00 Genghis Khan Day
0:42 Historical background
2:50 Genghis Khan in the 20th century
4:55 Genghis Khan after communism
11:26 Historical narratives
17:54 Conclusion
Image of Genghis Khan statue by François Philipp, CC BY 2.0
flickr.com/photos/frans16611/4673835675
