{"id":910,"date":"2024-07-25T11:28:03","date_gmt":"2024-07-25T11:28:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.doris-wiedemann.de\/in-the-footsteps-of-genghis-khan\/"},"modified":"2025-05-26T13:59:53","modified_gmt":"2025-05-26T13:59:53","slug":"in-the-footsteps-of-genghis-khan","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.doris-wiedemann.de\/en\/in-the-footsteps-of-genghis-khan\/","title":{"rendered":"On the Trail of Genghis Khan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; bottom_divider_style=&#8221;curve2&#8243; bottom_divider_color=&#8221;#FFFFFF&#8221; bottom_divider_height_tablet=&#8221;50px&#8221; bottom_divider_height_phone=&#8221;25px&#8221; bottom_divider_height_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_fullwidth_slider _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; header_font_size=&#8221;55px&#8221; 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The Mongol armies conquered large parts of Asia and the so-called Golden Horde advanced as far as eastern Europe. <\/p>\n<p>I traveled by motorcycle across the former world empire of the Mongolian prince, searching for traces of the past and experiencing the present of the people: in Ukraine, before the country was marked by war, in Kazakhstan, which is barren in terms of landscape but rich in oil and natural gas, and even in the People&#8217;s Republic of China, which is still closed to individual tourists with their own vehicle. The heart of what was once the world&#8217;s largest empire, however, is Mongolia. 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