Dr. May Mingles With the Mongols at Chinggis Khan’s 850th Birthday Party | The Saint: "Chinggis Khan united the Mongol tribes under his banner and led them on a campaign to rule the world in the early 13th century. The great Khan took over much of China and Central Asia before his death in 1227 and his descendants would go on to conquer huge swaths of Southern Asia, the Middle East and Eastern Europe.
In the Western world, we use the name Genghis Khan instead of Chinggis Khan due to a peculiar translation from Mongolian to French and then to English in the 17thcentury, according to May.
May with a Mongolian suit of armor. (Photo courtesy of Dr. Tim May)
The name is important to pronounce correctly, he said, because it is seen everywhere in Mongolia."
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