In the windswept steppe of northeastern Mongolia, archaeologists have unearthed a rare window into daily life along the ...

Ottoman imperium eventually ended in ignominy, with defeat in World War I and the Armenian Genocide – an appalling ...

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A network of trenches, walls and enclosures built across the steppes of China and Mongolia 800 years ago seems to have been erected to control the flow of people, perhaps for tax reasons ...

In this gripping installment of Kings and Generals’ Mongol History series, we explore how Korea stood firm against the mighty Mongol Empire. ⚔️🇰🇷 Facing a series of brutal invasions ...

Mongol rule brought not only Mongolian culture, but influences from other parts of the empire as well, such as China and Persia. This was seen in areas like art, food, and military organization ...

But the Mongol empire soon started to splinter into separate states under Genghis’s descendants: Crimea was ruled by the Mongol state known as the Golden Horde that controlled much of what is ...

In the 1200s, European rulers trembled before Mongol forces sacking their cities. But then the army withdrew—the reason why is still up for debate.

Putin’s Russia rests on an unsustainable contradiction. It is, at one and the same time, both a colony and an aspiring empire. It can’t be both, however, and sooner rather than later Russia ...

Gunpowder, Mongol & Rumi war tactics ushering Mughal era. Mughal empire made eminent contributions to statecraft based on rules, regulations protecting life, property & dignity ...