Genghis Khan in popular culture
notable depictions of Mongol leader
There have been numerous works of literature, films and other works based on the Mongolian ruler Genghis Khan and his legacy. Products and places are often named after him, a trend that has attracted some concern.
Literature
"Genghis Khan with a telegraph" is a Russian idiom which means the use of technological progress to strengthen despotism. It was first used by Alexander Herzen in 1857 and then widely used until the 1970s, sometimes modified with doomsday weaponry: "Genghis Khan with nuclear bomb", "with hydrogen bomb", "with [ballistic] rockets". Compare "Upper Volta with rockets", in reference to the Soviet Union.
"The Squire's Tale", one of The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer, is set at the court of Genghis Khan.
Zingis, a 1768 tragedy by the British writer Alexander Dow set during the reign of Tamerlane.
Mongol Invasion, a 1939 epic trilogy by Vasily Yan and winner of a USSR state prize in 1942.
'The End of Genghis', a 1953 poem by F. L. Lucas, in which the dying Khan, attended by his Khitan counsellor Yelü Chucai, looks back on his life.
The Legend of the Condor Heroes, a 1957 Chinese wuxia novel by Jin Yong
"The Private Life of Genghis Khan", a short story based on the 1975 TV show pilot Out of the Trees by Douglas Adams and Graham Chapman.
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