Khan!

We visited the Denver Museum of Nature and Science with Amy's parents this week. The highlight ws the Genghis Khan exhibit that is in town. A lot interesting items, including a mummified woman, a cool sword, and a scary shaman man.

The top three things I learned:

1. Khan wasn't that bad, at least compared to other conquerers. Sure, he killed with impunity and slaughtered whole cities. But he did support religious freedom, diplomatic immunity. and didn't impose the Mongol way of life unto those he conquered. Probably because they were all dead.
2. A Mongol bow and arrow took a year to make and Khan's whole army consisted of calvary.
3. Denver currently has one of the highest Mongol expatriate populations in the U.S. Not sure why that is interesting, but it is.

The family with Mongol hats.

Paul being crushed by a t-rex.