Why did the Mongols hide their dead?
Screex Known to us burials of Mongol warriors during their conquest of Russia are very rare. Many on this basis assert, that there was no yoke, since there is no proofs…
The Enigma of Steppe Warriors: Why the Pechenegs Ignored Hygiene but Obsessively Cleaned Their Ears
Hygiene paradoxes: a cultural phenomenon of Pecheneg society The hygienic practices of the Pechenegs represent a unique historical phenomenon that has long puzzled researchers. Archaeological data and written sources of…
What became of Genghis Khan’s siblings?
Although Esugei-Bagatur, Genghis Khan's father, did not live a long life, he had seven children from two wives - six boys and one girl. And if the fate of the…
New research confirms the data of the ancient Greek historian Herodotus about the creepy custom of the Scythians
In the 5th century BC, the ancient Greek historian Herodotus described in his work "History" some customs of the Scythians from which it becomes uncomfortable. He says that a warrior…
The emergence of the Iranian Huns, the Chionites
Not much information has been preserved about this people. The history of this branch of the Huns is very complicated, and it began at the spurs of the Altai Mountains.…
Not Tajiks, not Turks, not Pashtuns, not Mongols: who are the Charaymaks, the last nomads of Afghanistan?
The Charaymaks are one of the peoples of Central Asia, the last nomads of the region. In Afghanistan, their number is estimated at about one and a half million people.…
Karachay. Where can you meet Polovtsians now?
Karachais are now 220 thousand people - compared to the peoples of the neighboring republic, they are half as many as Kabardins, but twice as many as Balkars. The Karachais…
They are their own masters
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…
Do Siberian Tatars consider themselves Tatars?
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…
The ethnic essence of the Shaker of the Universe — Genghis Khan
Genghis Khan was a great military commander and political leader who united many tribes in Mongolia and created the Empire of the Great Mongols. He became the first great khan…