Mongolia

MOUNTAIN REGION

MONGOLIA

CAPITAL

GOVERNMENT

ULAANBAATAR

Unitary parliamentary constitutional republic

MONGOLIA

AREA

POPULATION

1,564,115.75 km2

(19th)

3,012,878

(138th, 2015)

1. "You are from Mongolia? I know Genghis Khan!"

6. "What is your eyesight?"

"Genkhis Khan is the pride of Mongolia"

(1162-1227)

"There's an urban legend (IMHO) in Korea about Mongolians having 100/20 vision. There's even been a report that a fisherman in Sicily is the current Guinness World Record holder for best eyesight, with 120/20 vision."

4. "Is there a city in Mongolia?"

Because nomadic Mongolians need to see far, their eyesight is good

Ulaan Baatar (literally "Red Hero") is the capital and the largest city of Mongolia. An independent municipality, the city is not part of any province, and its population as of 2008 is over one million.

8. "What do you wear?"

Perceptions of Genghis Khan

Like other notable conquerors, Genghis Khan is portrayed differently by those he conquered and those who conquered with him. Negative views of Genghis Khan persist in histories written by many cultures from different geographical regions. They often cite the cruelties and destruction brought upon by Mongol armies, not to mention the systematic slaughter of civilians in the conquered regions; other authors cite positive aspects of Genghis Khan's conquests as well. /Source: Wikipedia.com /

Many people were slaughtered in the course of Genghis Khan’s invasions, but he also granted religious freedom to his subjects, abolished torture, encouraged trade and created the first international postal system. Genghis Khan died in 1227 during a military campaign against the Chinese kingdom of Xi Xia. His final resting place remains unknown.

Portrait on a hillside in Ulaanbaatar, 2006

Mongolian currency

View of Ulaanbaatar from Zaisan

A 40 meters tall statue of Genghis Khan on horseback

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Chinggis Khaan International airport in Ulaanbaatar

Mongolian traditional clothing - Deel

The Genghis Khan Equestrian Statue, 2012

The central square, 2002

The deel is still commonly worn by both men and women outside major towns, especially by herders. In urban areas, deels are mostly only worn by elderly people, or on festive occasions.

The central square, 2012

Night view of the Central square

Herders wear Deel everyday

Questions

Wedding

Traditional celebrations

Family pictures

Graduation ceremony

3. "Do you go to school during winter?"

7. "How is Mongolian food?"

2. "Mongolia? It is the country of grassy plains! "

Average temperature of Ulaanbaatar

Ulaanbaatar

The Milky way

a Kazakh hunter with his hunter-eagle

Ulaanbaatar

Lake Khuvsgul

Max. length 136 km

Max. width 36.5 km

Surface area 2,760 km2 (1,070 sq mi)

Average depth 138 m

Max. depth 267 m

Water volume 480.7 km³

Surface elevation 1,645 m

Snow leopard in the Altai Mountains

Wild deer

Horses

Sleeping kid & Reindeers

Orkhon Selenge Forest Steppe

Altai Mountains

Taimen, River Selenge

Length: 160-180cm

Age: 20 years

The Mongolian cuisine is overall characterized by simplicity. This fact was determined by the low number of the ingredients that are used when preparing Mongolian dishes. Also, the small variety of the ingredients is a consequence of the climatic conditions of the country. Because of the hard and long winters, Mongolians cannot crop many vegetables and their meals are mostly based on meats - mutton, marmot and horsemeat predominate.

STEPPE REGION

Holiday

Steppe Menen

GOBI DESSERT

Tsagaan suvarga

The Gobi Desert

Camels

Colors of the nature

1. "You are from Mongolia? I know Genghis Khan!"

2. "Mongolia? It is the country of grassy plains!

3. "Do you go to school during winter?"

4. "Is there a city in Mongolia?"

5. "Do Mongolians use Chinese Hanja?"

6. "What is your eyesight?"

7. "How is Mongolian food?"

8. "What do you wear?"

9. "I heard that Mongolian alcoholic drink is strong"

10. "What is the music of Mongolia? "

Buuz

Khuushuur

Boodog

Khorkhog

Tsuivan

Noodle soup

Vegetable soup

10. "What is the music of Mongolia? "

Music is an integral part of Mongolian culture. Among the unique contributions of Mongolia to the world's musical culture are the long songs, one of the greatest features of the Mongolian music, overtone singing and morin khuur, the horse-headed fiddle.

5. "Do Mongolians use Chinese Hanja?"

9. "I heard that Mongolian alcoholic drink is strong"

Mongolian traditional script

The classical Mongolian script was the first writing system created specifically for the Mongolian language in 1204.

Airag: Fermented mare milk. Alcohol % is more than 2%

Mongolian calligraphy

Mongolian calligraphy is a kind of calligraphy of the Mongolian people of Central Asia. Like most other calligraphies in East Asia (e.g. Chinese and Korean calligraphy) it is mostly done with a brush. Mongolian calligraphy is written in the Mongolian traditional script, not Mongolian cyrillic one.

Mongolian cyrillic alphabet

"Horse"

"Camel"

"Ox"

"Goat"

"Sheep"

"King Genghis"

The Mongolian Cyrillic alphabet is the writing system used for the standard dialect of the Mongolian language in the modern state of Mongolia. It was introduced in the 1946 in the Mongolian People's Republic under Soviet influence

Morin khuur: traditional Mongolian bowed stringed instrument

Mongolian vodka: Alcohol % is 38%

Mongolian scripts

Oyunkhand Gankhuyag

Senior, Dept. of Economics