Seljuks — The collapse of the Konya Sultanate in the XIII century
Screex 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,…
The collapse of the First Turkic Khaganate
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 decline of the first Turkic Khaganate
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 Uyghur Khaganate as a phenomenon of the Great Steppe
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.…
The Khitan state in Central Asia is a fragment of Chinese civilization
The Khitan (Karakitai) state in Central Asia - Western Liao was a unique phenomenon in the history of the region. Neither before nor after the Khitans, the ancient land of…
Are the Naimans Turks or Mongols?
The Naimans were one of the most important tribes that existed in Central Asia in the period from IX to XIV centuries. They are known as powerful warriors and nomads,…
«Mongols vs. Russia»: did you know that the first encounter of the Mongols with the Russian army happened by chance
The campaign of Genghis Khan's tumen Dzhebe and Subudei began rather as a reconnaissance - police operation during the war with the state of Khorezm Shahs. More details about Genghis…
Naymans are the ancestors of what peoples?
Naymans are one of the most warlike and culturally developed medieval peoples of nomadic Eurasia. Naymans along with Oirats, Keriites, Mongols, Turks participated in the ethnogenesis of many peoples of…
Geniuses of the Kazakh steppe
Culture is a historical phenomenon, developing in the process of evolution of human society. Material and spiritual culture are interrelated and interdependent. There is no clear boundary between them, as…
Between Siberia and Central Asia
Between Siberia and Central Asia, which are far apart, stretches a vast expanse of endless steppe, larger than the whole of Western Europe. In the north, the steppe is flat,…