Who headed the greatest army on earth? While we still feel the effects of two World Wars from the last century, no one person has been able to change territorial borders like Genghis Khan, whose empire stretched from the Pacific Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea. Fortunately, perhaps for all of us, we haven’t seen a conqueror the likes of Khan in years. Genghis Khan is of course one of the focuses at the new ArtScience Museum.

Petunia blogs about her visit to the Genghis Khan exhibition at the ArtScience Museum:

There were videos aplenty, and exhibits to touch and feel. I, for one, didn’t know that Genghis Khan’s empire stretched from the Pacific Ocean (i.e., the ocean around Japan) to the Mediterranean Sea (i.e., the waters around southern Europe). The Mongolian armies were poised at the doors of Austria and Italy when Genghis Khan died and every single military commander was recalled back to Karakorum (the capital of the Mongol empire) for the kurultai (a gathering of tribes) to choose a new Great Khan. History might have been very different had he not died when he did.

Read her full post here. It’s the final weeks to catch Genghis Khan at the ArtScience museum as it ends on April 10, so catch it while you can! For an amusing take on the greatness of Genghis Khan, also check out his entry on Badass of the Week (note: mild profanity).