There are several parts to the exhibition; the first part mainly displays Genghis Khan’s background, which includes his family, and tributes to him. The second part talks about his life, and his military expeditions. The third talks about the Mongol economy, and their trade. The forth part talks about
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Mongolian culture, with a showcasing of Mongolian music, clothing, dance, and even a preserved dead body.
Part 1: The picture below shows a tribute to him, which is a huge bronze statue of him, standing outside a courtroom. Other tributes include scripts of history written about his military successes at his command. His family and background are simple. When he was nine, his father was poisoned by an enemy tribe and died, and his given name was Temujin. That same year, he met his first wife, Borte. He never forgot the poisoning incident, and when he was nineteen, his wife was kidnapped by the same tribe, and he attacked the tribe as revenge, wiping the tribe out using fire, and hence he gained his first victory and his reputation grew from defeating one of the strongest tribes, the Merkits. Not long after, his blood brother, Jamuka, split the tribe, and later attacked Temujin. As revenge, Temujin returned for an attack, and Jamuka was left with two archers. The next year, the archers brought Jamuka to Temujin, where they believed that they would be accepted, however, they were executed, and only Jamuka was accepted, however, he refused to be accepted, instead wishing to be granted an execution to avoid further conflicts. Temujin granted this last wish, and hence, with all the obstacles out of the way, Temujin was declared the ruler of Mongolia, and took the name Genghis Khan.
Part 2: His first invasion to increase the power of the Mongols was the invasion of China. His first obstacle, the great wall, had a simple enough solution. Instead of scaling it, they went around it. However, the second obstacle, iron spikes, was not so easily gotten through, and following that, an oncoming army approached. However, as they were mercenaries, they surrendered without a fight, and Genghis Khan continued on towards Beijing, with a population of 30 000, and one of the most sophisticated cities. However, guarding the city was a wall, twelve meters high, 30 kilometres long and 900 guard towers. Genghis Khan then waited, and starved the population, and hence, thousands starved, with the survivors resorting to cannibalism. Soon, the attack commenced, with enemy prisoners being forced to wheel the siege engines to the front for attack. However, the Chinese had flammable bombs, instead of just rocks. The army was defeated, and Genghis Khan ordered total annihilation. Ambassadors later described the place as slippery with human fat, and recorded a mountain of human bones. He later attacked other empires, such as the Xi Xia. However, in 1218, the Sultan of Persia misjudged Genghis Khan, and ordered a Mongol ambassador to he beheaded, and the head sent to Karakorum, where Genghis Khan was. Furious, Genghis Khan sent an army, 200 thousand strong, to invade Persia, and every town that did not submit was burned to the ground. After that, he invaded Europe with a small army, to see how far they could penetrate before being stopped, but the army was never defeated.
These are models of Mongol instruments, and soldiers.
The third part showcases the economy of the Mongols, with its capital at Karakorum. There, the Mongols developed a writing system, and Genghis Khan set up trading posts, forty kilometres apart, for messengers pass. Genghis Khan began the Mongol legal system.
The forth part tells about the Mongol culture.
The pictures are of an actual preserved body, and a traditional Mongol yurt, or tent. There is also a performance, which includes music, dance, and rituals, which require masks to be worn. The instruments the Mongols use are roughly the same as the ones used by the Chinese.
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