At the turn of the XVII-XVIII centuries, the Ottoman Empire, formerly an inviolable stronghold, whose name frightened both peasant and queen, which was the eternal headache of many European and…
By the 17th century, the sprawling Russian kingdom had already dealt with all the khanates around it. It was Moscow that became the main force in the region of Eastern…
Before the Russian conquest, there were three states in the settled part of Central Asia: the Khanates of Khiva and Kokand, and the Emirate of Bukhara. In each of them…
Genghis Khan's eldest son was Juchi, Juchi's eldest son was Orda-Ezhen. In the understanding of the Mongols of that time, primogeniture was an important, though not obligatory, argument in favor…
The Oirats began to penetrate into the territory of the Kazakh Khanate in the 15th century - that is, when the Kazakh state was formed. Relations were peaceful - there…
Central Anatolia, along with the historical region of Azerbaijan, is one of the few places in the Middle East that is suitable for nomadic pastoralism. That is why it was…
The origin of kaya is shrouded in mystery. But traditionally they were considered one of the 24 original Oguz tribes and usually stood at the head of their people. It…
In the summer of 1499, the whole of Samarkand was alerted. The signal trumpets of karnai were blaring, the sultan's guards were hastily lining up at his palace, hastily armed…
Actually, initially the Tatars are far from being one people. These are several separate ethnolinguistic groups that are quite close in their language. The latter was obtained during the Golden…
After the Battle of Cannae, a huge number of dead soldiers remained lying on the plain, whose bodies had to be buried. I have repeatedly come across claims that if…
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