Pax Mongolica: Genghis Khan & Kublai Khan
Conflicted: A History Podcast
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Over 100,000 soviet troops were stationed in the country of mongolia during the cold war. They were there to closely guard a piece of land which was known only by the bland code name, highly restricted zone. The perimeter of this 200 forty square kilometer stretch of land was guarded 24 hours a day by soviet soldiers. Somewhere within that 200 forty kilometer area was a grave, the final resting place of a man who had lived 800 years before. This tomb, wherever it was, belonged to mongolia's greatest hero. In fact, this sacred area had been the place where he had been born and the placewhere he had been laid to rest.
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