Why is so little heard of Mongolia?

7. Ghenghis Khan and Kublai Khan were Mongolians. 8. The Gobi desert is in Mongolia. Gobi Desert 9. Mongolia is known as the land of the blue sky because it has 257 days of sunshine per year. 10. There are a little more than 3 million people there. 11. read more

5. Most of the people in Mongolia are Buddhist. 6. Mongolia is beautiful. Mongolia 7. Ghenghis Khan and Kublai Khan were Mongolians. 8. The Gobi desert is in Mongolia. Gobi Desert 9. Mongolia is known as the land of the blue sky because it has 257 days of sunshine per year. 10. There are a little more than 3 million people there. 11. read more

Mongolia is very remote. It is further from an ocean than any other country. It is sparsely inhabited, ~ 3 million citizens live there, least population per area of nation in the world. Yes, crime is low, mostly pickpocketing. Mongolia has world champion martial artists. read more

In the National History Museum of Mongolia, there is a whole section dedicated to displaying numerous ways Manchus tortured Mongols to oppress. Passing of the last Golden Horde khan Ligden in 1636, and the Qing Dynasty rise in 1644, made the southern part of Mongolia (a.k.a Inner Mongolia) vulnerable to external occupation. read more