In a classroom in Mongolia's capital, students pass over the Soviet-era Cyrillic alphabet they grew up with and turn their copybooks sideways to practice the traditional, vertical Mongolian script ...

Though its title suggests a sweeping historical epic, “The Two Horses of Genghis Khan” actually refers to a Mongolian folk song whose lyrics are mostly lost today. Still stunning on its more intimate ...

Genghis Khan as depicted in a 15th century manuscript. Credit: Bibliothèque nationale de France On August 26 China passed a law to sideline teaching in the Mongolian language in the region of Inner ...

You'll have heard the name. Here's why. "Genghis Khan: The Secret History of the Mongols" tells the story of a man who built an empire that stretched from China to Mesopotamia and from the Danube to ...