Ulaanbaatar - Post Report Question and Answers

Do you recommend any books or movies about this city/country for those who are interested in learning more?

There’s a great movie shot in UB that was selected for Cannes in 2023, “If only I could hibernate” but not sure it’s available in many countries yet. - Jan 2024


The Story of the Weeping Camel (movie); The Cave of the Yellow Dog (movie); Babies (movies); The Eagle Huntress (movie); Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World (book); Wolf Totem (book); Tracking the Gobi Grizzlies: Surviving Beyond the Back of Beyond (book). - Aug 2022


"Birth of an Empire" by Conn Iggulden (historical fiction) "The Mongolia Special - Survival of the Fattest" episode of "The Grand Tour" Art Ger folks on Youtube "Young Mongols: Forging Democracy in the Wild, Wild East" by Aubrey Menard - Jan 2022


There are some cool Mongolian cooking youtubes, Grand Tour Mongolia, Alone Mongolia. - Sep 2020


Books by Jack Weatherford. Music by The Hu Band. - Aug 2020


There are new documentaries in production at the moment, most notably "Live from UB" and "The Eagle Huntress" (the latter having received mixed reviews). - Oct 2016


Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World, "The Lost County" by Jasper Becker. - Feb 2015


Any of the Jack Weatherford books. He understands the Mongolian psyche and puts it into words that can be understood. - May 2012


Kingship and Ideology in the Islamic and Mongol Worlds (Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization) by Anne F. Broadbridge, PhD. - Feb 2011


Jack Weatherford's book on Chinggis Khan and the making of the modern world. - Jan 2009


History of Mongolia, by Barba - Oct 2008


Anything with Chinngis Khan in it. - Oct 2008


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