First entry into Anatolia, an important city on the Silk Road trade route in the Middle Ages ... the conquests of the Mongols under Genghis and Kublai Khan eventually stabilized the entire continent, ...

The 2,000 slaves who attended his funeral were also slaughtered, according to the Italian merchant adventurer Marco Polo, who travelled the Silk Road decades later. As a boy, Genghis Khan had ...

Situated along the Zeravshan River in northeastern Uzbekistan, this magnificent city was once an important hub along the historic Silk Road trading ... the Great and Genghis Khan, the city was ...

In India, the ancient Silk Road covered seven main states with 12 sites on the tentative list of UNESCO World H … Read more ...

The area was once a prominent stop on the Silk Road trade route which passed ... treasures from the periods of Alexander the Great, Genghis Khan and Amir Timur (also known as Tamerlane), who ...

Over the course of 1,500 years, the network of trade routes known as the Silk Road brought together ... and is said to be the only monument spared by Genghis Khan when his army destroyed ...

The two cities were likely important trading centers and fortresses protecting merchants traveling along the Silk Road ... disappeared sometime before Genghis Khan's Mongol forces conquered ...