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"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". [3]
Genghis Khan [a] (born Temüjin; c. 1162 – August 1227), also known as Chinggis Khan, [b] was the founder and first khan of the Mongol Empire. After spending most of his life uniting the Mongol tribes , he launched a series of military campaigns , conquering large parts of China and Central Asia .
The song was used as the main song to the group's musical, Dschinghis Khan ~Wa ga Tsurugi, Nessa wo Some yo~ (ジンギスカン～わが剣、熱砂を染めよ～), running through January 2008. [18] The single debuted at number 4 in the Oricon Daily Singles Chart and ranked 5th for the week. [19]
Authors suggested that the Genghis Khan’s male lineage may have had some Caucasoid-specific genetic features because of descriptions in Rashid al-Din Hamadani's "Compendium of Chronicles" written in the 14th century. The bodies could have been related to Genghis Khan's male lineage, which they propose had R1b.
1 January – New Year's Day; 1–3 March – Mongolian Lunar New Year; 8 March – International Women's Day; 1 June – Children's Day; 4 June – Buddha's Birthday; 11–15 July – Naadam; 21 November – Genghis Khan Birthday; 26 November – Republic Day; 29 December – Independence Day
Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales FIN [1]GER [2]JPN [3]Dschinghis Khan: Released: August 1979; Label: Jupiter; Formats: LP, MC Released in Australia as Genghis Khan with English-language versions of some tracks
"Genghis Khan" is a song performed by Swedish indie pop band Miike Snow from their third studio album, iii (2016). Written and produced by the band alongside Henrik Jonback, the song was conceived when lead singer Andrew Wyatt felt like a tyrant while in a long-distance relationship, comparing his cruelty to that of Mongolian emperor Genghis Khan.