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 ...

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 Mongolian Empire covered nine million square miles at its greatest extent in the late 13th century – but where is Genghis Khan’s tomb? (Picture: metro.co.uk) It was five times the size of ...

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 ...

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 ...

The capital of the Mongol Empire has been mapped in unprecedented detail. It turns out that the city of Karakorum was far larger than once thought and was quite unlike medieval European cities in ...