In the XII century the territory of the Mongolian steppes was inhabited by a number of tribes - Hamag-Mongols (indigenous Mongols), Tatars, Merkits, Oirats, Kereits, Naimans. To begin with, we…
The Oirats constituted the left wing tumen (zun gar) of the Mongol army. In the middle of the XVII century nomadic Mongolian-speaking tribes of Oirats (Dzungars), in response to the…
In 1680 Galdan Boshogtu Khan annexed East Turkestan to Dzungaria. At the beginning of the XVII century in the territory between Sayano-Altai and Tien Shan, the Dzungar Khanate emerged, which…
Sarai-Batu - the capital of the Golden Horde, was located in the Astrakhan region, near the modern village of Selitrennoye (photo from open sources). After the death of Juchi in…
A stone sculpture of the Early Turkic period, 1300 years old, was found about 250 km from Turkestan in southern Kazakhstan (photo: AA) There is still no consensus among scientists…
Since 1206, when the general Mongol hural on the bank of the river Onon proclaimed Temujin Genghis Khan, the lord of the world, and began the era of Mongol conquests,…
The first credible Mongol invasion of Tibet took place in 1240. . 30-thousand corps of Ugedei's son Godan under the command of Leje and Dorda-darkhan entered Central Tibet and reached…
Timur was not a descendant of Genghis Khan, but he came from the Mongolian tribe of Barlas on his father's side So, in the middle of 40th years of XIV…
Now there is no doubt that the Mongol conquerors had a direct relation to the emergence of the Moscow centralized state. However, it is less known that the Mongols had…
Zhuzes - three groups of tribes within the Kazakh nation historically formed at the turn of the XV-XVI centuries. There is still no unified scientifically grounded opinion about the origin…
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