Are the Naimans Turks or Mongols?
Screex 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,…
The descendants of the Turks in the Caucasus mountains are the Taulula peop
The Caucasus with its mild climate, fertile soils and high mountains, which allowed the population to successfully hide and defend themselves from enemies and to extract stone for building dwellings…
On the destruction of the population of Central Asia by Genghis Khan’s Mongols
Today in a number of countries of Central Asia there is a boom on Genghis Khan. The question of kinship with the legendary conqueror causes heated disputes in the Internet.…
Chagatai ulus (Mogolistan) and the process of its Islamization
The history of the Central Asian region in the XIII-XVIII centuries is directly connected with the emergence and development of the Mongol Empire, which finally took shape by 1260. In…
Eurasian nomads: role in history
Much is written about the historiosophic significance of the nomads of the Eurasian steppe. About nomadic empires - the predecessors of Russia. What role did the representatives of nomadic civilization…
Why nomads did not suffer from parasites and the plague bypassed our steppes
Since the time of Herodotus, it is commonly believed that the Scythians and Sarmatians were unclean, walked in dirty clothes, wore rags and smelled disgusting. In fact, the hygiene of…