Saddles and Harness of the Ancient Turks
Screex The invention of the rigid-framed saddle and stirrups was the most significant event in the...
Which modern-day people are direct descendants of Genghis Khan?
At one point, a staggering statistic was circulating online: one in every 200 men on...
The “Princess of Ukok”
The “Princess of Ukok” is a well-preserved female mummy discovered in 1993 on the Ukok...
THE NOMADS’ FIELD PROVISIONS
The Diet of a Kazakh Warrior in the 17th–19th Centuries The Kazakhs did not have...
The Origin of the Kyrgyz people
The opinion still prevails in the historiography of Kyrgyzstan that the overwhelming majority of the...
Why the Sultans of the Ottoman Empire Eliminated Their Own Brothers
Imagine this: you arrive in the palace gardens in the morning, pick some roses, and...
The Crimean Tatar and Nogai tactics of fighting in the mounted formation in the XVI − mid-XVII centuries. «Tulgama»
The Crimean Tatar and Nogai tactics of fighting in the mounted formation in the XVI...
The Altai and Tianshan Homelands of the Turkic-Tugus Peoples in the Translations and Interpretations of Sinologists
A large number of publications are devoted to the topic of the ancestral homeland and...
Why the “Queen of Alay” Did Not Save Her Son, Even Though She Could Have Raised an Army
She stood in the crowd as they prepared the noose for her son in the...
Munkhe – the last khan of the unified empire
A distinctive feature of Mengu’s military and political activities is that his reign marked the...