The clan system was the
Screex basis of social organization for any of the Eurasian nomadic tribes, not only for the Mongols. The steppe was divided according to clan origin, positions under the supreme rulers were…
The stages of the Golden Horde’s existence – an empire that disappeared without leaving a trace
At the turn of the 12th -13th centuries, Genghis Khan, the commander and first great khan of the Mongol Empire, united the Mongol and Turkic tribes and conquered vast territories…
Who was Sultan Selim the Terrible, the father of Suleiman the Magnificent?
Selim the Terrible is not very popular among historians because of his hard temper. Therefore, he is in the shadow of his son Suleiman, who is often referred to as…
Why is it wrong to call the rulers of the Ottoman Empire sultans? What title did they actually carry?
The title “sultan” comes from the Arabic language and means something between “power” and “authority”. When there was no single Muslim state, the Arab Caliphate, the sultans were those rulers…
What happened to Tamerlane’s empire after he passed away?
In brief, it sank and disintegrated. Tamerlane, to all appearances, sought to abandon the Mongolian method of transferring power and establish a strict majorate - a system of succession from…
Hulagu Khan VS Caliph al-Mustasim: The Fall of Baghdad
The story of the fall of medieval Muslim Baghdad, the end of the Abbasid Caliphate, as a result of the Mongol invasion in 1258, despite the scale of the tragedy…
Completion of Genghis Khan’s western campaign
Subedei and Dzhebe - Genghis Khan's best Mongol generals The long campaign of Subedei and Dzhebe After spending the summer of 1220 near Nessef, Genghis Khan led his army to…
Tokhtamysh is the Khan of the Blue Horde. So why did he go to Moscow in the first place?
Everyone who is even slightly interested in history has heard about the Golden Horde. And how not to hear, if so many dramatic and important for our past events are…
Subeday is a Mongol general who conquered half the world
Genghis Khan used to say that he had 4 wolves of war: Djebe, Khubilai, Jelme and Subedei. The reason why few people know about Subedei is that the shocked Europe…
Who were the Huns — a mysterious people to whom the Roman Empire paid tribute. And what mark in history did they leave?
The ancient tribes of the Huns have long attracted the attention of historians. China built the Great Wall to protect itself from their raids, and the Roman Empire paid them…