The Jalair Mongols who were part of the Hulagu shock troops were not numerous. Therefore, they recruited Turks and other nomads into their tumens, most of them Oghuz. Hulagu (1217…
In 1256, the Mongols began a Western campaign in the Middle East. Hulagu, the brother of the great kagan Mongke, commanded the campaign. In February 1258, with the help of…
Konya Sultan Kei-Khosrow II After the death of Alaeddin Keykubad I in 1237, the Konya Sultanate was the most powerful in Asia Minor. His vassals were the Trebizondian Greek Empire,…
In the II century AD, the first Turks appeared in the steppes of the North Caucasus, soon created their first states here - the Kingdom of the Huns -Savir and…
The Arab Caliphate, as a worldwide Muslim power, was created in the 7th century by the efforts of four powerful monarchs. At that time, the lands from Spain to Hindustan…
Despite the fact that Emperor Sui-Wen-di managed to disunite the Turks, and his son Yang di successfully continued this business, they had nothing to rejoice about. The internal system of…
The appearance of the Turkic Khaganate in the middle of the sixth century seriously changed the balance of power in Central and East Asia. The Chinese and the Ephthalites had…
In 581, the commander Yang Jiang overthrew the last minor emperor of the Tobak (proto-Mongol) dynasty of Northern Zhou. Yang Jiang founded the new Sui Dynasty, which would soon unite…
The Kyrgyz and Uighurs are known to be the oldest peoples of Central Asia, still living in this region. At the same time, the first mention of the Kyrgyz is…
The nomadic states of Central Asia regularly replaced each other, but never violating the most important principle of the nomadic world - the priority of nomadic life over sedentary habitation.…
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