Genghis Khan's Mongol Empire in 1227 and at its greatest extent in 1279. (Image credit: ... Timothy May specializes in the history of the Mongol Empire and is the author and editor of six books, ...

Known for warfare, but celebrated for productive peace. Led by humble steppe dwellers, but successful due to a mastery of the era’s most advanced technology. The Mongol Empire embodied all of ...

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 ...

2. The Mongol Empire . Founded by Genghis Khan in 1206, the Mongol Empire leveraged its dominance by uniting the Mongol tribes, which eventually led to control of much of Eastern Europe and most of ...

Mongol Empire. The Mongol empire rose in the 13th century when a group of central Asian nomadic tribes banded together under Genghis Khan in 1206 AD, and went on to conquer large swathes of ...

The Mongol Empire was the largest contiguous empire in human history. But its meteoric rise and remarkable run might not have happened if it weren’t for an uncharacteristic change in weather ...

Colleen C. Ho, from the Department of History at the University of Maryland, gave a lecture on “The Greatest Hits of Mongol History: Life, Death, and Chinggis Khan.” The Mongol Empire left a ...

The Arab Empire was at its glorious heights with Baghdad being the world’s greatest city. Until the Mongols, of course. Indians barely avoided being run over by Genghis Khan’s hordes due to a ...