Louis Khan Helped Define Modern Architecture Written by Dana Demange VOICE ONE: Im Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And Im Barbara Klein with the VOA Special English program, People in America. Today, we tell about Louis Kahn. He is considered one of the most...
The name Genghis Khan probably makes many people think of conquering warriors on horseback leaving burning cities and piles of dead bodies behind them. While there is no doubt that Genghis Khan was the leader of a highly efficient killing machine, th...
The Chinese could afford to employ people to fight for it . In the borderlands, the Mongols met a force of heavily armed mercenaries, who were loyal as only mercenaries could be. Reinforced by the mer...
Temujin granted his blood brother his final wish and broke his back. The defeat and death of Jamuqa led to a sight never before seen in the history of Mongolia: the recognition of one man as the leade...
"Across the battlefield, I saw the bodies of Jamuqa's(扎木和) men lying together like felled logs in the forest." Following the defeat, Jamuqa fled into the mountains of Tannu(唐努). He hid throu...
"We advanced in silence, saving our battle cries to the last. When the enemy came within reach, my archers released a storm of arrows, and my cavalry attacked without mercy." According to the Secret H...
