Genghis Khan in popular culture

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 (trilogy), 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.
• White Cloud of Genghis Khan, a novella originally published together with the 1980 novel The Day Lasts More Than a Hundred Years by Chingiz Aitmatov
• Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World, a popular 2004 history book by Jack Weatherford
• The Conqueror, a series of historical fiction novels by Conn Iggulden published 2007-2011.

Films

• Genghis Khan, a 1950 Philippine film directed by Manuel Conde.
• The Conqueror, released in 1956 and starring John Wayne as Temüjin and Susan Hayward as Börte.
• Changez Khan, a 1957 Indian Hindi-language film directed by Kedar Kapoor, starring Sheikh Mukhtar as the emperor along with Bina Rai and Prem Nath in the lead roles.
• Changez Khan, a 1958 Pakistani historical film directed by Rafiq Sarhadi. It was based on Naseem Hijazi's novel Akhari Chattan.
• Genghis Khan, a 1965 film starring Omar Sharif.
• Genghis Khan: To the Ends of the Earth and Sea, also known as The Descendant of Gray Wolf, a Japanese-Mongolian film released in 2007.
• Mongol, a 2007 film directed by Sergei Bodrov, starring Tadanobu Asano as Temüjin and Chuluuny Khulan as Börte. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film at the 80th Academy Awards.
• No Right to Die – Chinggis Khaan, a Mongolian film released in 2008.
• Genghis Khan, a Chinese film released in 2018.

Television series

• Genghis Khan, a 1987 Hong Kong television series produced by TVB, starring Alex Man.
• Genghis Khan, a 1987 Hong Kong television series produced by ATV, starring Tony Liu.
• Genghis Khan, a 2004 Chinese-Mongolian co-produced television series, starring Batdorj-in Baasanjab, a descendant of Genghis Khan's second son Chagatai.

Music

• Dschinghis Khan, a disco group with an eponymous song.
• "Dschinghis Khan", a 1979 disco song by the band of the same name.

Video games

• Genghis Khan, a Genghis Khan-themed Japanese game series from 1987.
• Temüjin (video game), a 1997 computer game.
• Genghis Khan (video game), Genghis Khan-themed Japanese game series.
• Genghis Khan is a frequently used leader representing the Mongols in the Civilization series.
• Age of Empires II, a 1999 real-time strategy video game features a Mongol conquests campaign with Genghis Khan as a playable character.

Other uses

• Jingisukan, a Japanese dish of grilled mutton, named after the emperor

See also

• Temujin (disambiguation)
• Genghis (disambiguation)
• Genghis Khan (disambiguation)
• Chinggis (disambiguation)
• Dschinghis Khan, German form
• Cengiz, in Turkish form
• Changezi, Urdu/Hindi form
• Changizi, Persian form