The Mongol Empire embodied all of those tensions ... But he proved to be one of history’s greatest leaders. At the time, Mongolia’s nomadic farmers relied on the land to sustain them.

The Mongol Empire before 1259 was the greatest land empire in history that was established by the ruthless and capable cavalry armies of Temujin and his direct successors.

The Mongolian Empire spanned between southeast Asia and eastern Europe at its greatest extent, and encompassed an area of about nine million square miles. During his lifetime, Genghis Khan also ...

Genghis Khan was a 13th-century warrior in central Asia who founded the Mongol Empire, which stretched from the Pacific Ocean to Europe. Much about Genghis Khan remains unknown. For instance ...

China was never ruled by outside powers until then. The Arab Empire was at its glorious heights with Baghdad being the world’s greatest city. Until the Mongols, of course. Indians barely avoided ...

In the late Middle Ages, the Mongol Empire became the largest the world had ever seen. At its peak, maybe 100 million people lived under its banner, led by the Great Khans of the Asian steppe.

Particularly, his exposure to the Mongol courts and ambassadorial service to Kublai Khan has been depicted as more than an East-meets-West tale; Polo helped expand the Mongol Empire’s ties with ...