Hulagu Khan VS Caliph al-Mustasim: The Fall of Baghdad
Screex 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…
The sad end of the alliance between Genghis Khan and the Keraite leader
After Temujin saved Khan Togril from imminent death, the relationship between the two leaders experienced a new honeymoon. Unfortunately, it did not last long, in view of their unequal alliance.…
Temujin becomes Genghis Khan. Great Yasas — a single law for all Mongolian tribes
Having exterminated the strongest Mongol leaders, Temujin became the only significant force in the region. Almost all chiefs informally recognized his primacy and did not dare to oppose the most…
Khubilai — the last emperor of the Mongols
At the end of the 13th century, the Mongol Empire was the largest civilization on Earth. The Mongols ruled 25% of humanity from the Pacific Ocean to Hungary, from Siberian…
The Borjigins: what became of Genghis Khan’s native tribe?
The Borjigins were an influential clan of the Nirun-Mongols, one of the medieval branches of this large and branched ethnos, which according to legend came from the union of a…
9 interesting facts about Genghis Khan that may surprise you
Genghis Khan, aka Temuchin, aka Temujin - the founder of the Mongol Empire, one of the greatest generals in the history of Asia. This material is another attempt to “wave…