Scythian sword akinak
Screex The tribes of the Scythians were considered one of the most powerful forces in the territory of West Asia, the Caucasus and the Northern Black Sea region. Their main weapon…
Sultan Beibars: a native of Crimea who defeated the Crusaders
Everyone knows the saying "From dirt to princes". However, in history, such rises did not happen so often … There is no exact information about the origin of Beibars. It…
Tomiris: the tough and beautiful queen of the nomads
The famous Massagetan queen Tomiris lived in the 6th century BC, but her image is still popular today. In works of art she is often depicted as a swarthy beautiful…
Merits of the Mamluks to the Muslim civilization
The rule of the Mamluks in Egypt can be assessed in different ways - from bright to the darkest colors. However, one thing remains undoubted - the Mamluks gave a…
Türkic tribes within the Kypchak association on the eve and during the Mongol invasion
On the eve of the Mongol invasion, the history of the tribes living in its steppe western and central regions of Asia, was connected primarily with the state associations of…
How the Kipchak army defended the independence of Georgia
More than nine hundred years ago, in 1118, two hundred thousand steppe Kipchaks, which is approximately forty thousand families, arrived in the lands of modern Georgia, having crossed the impregnable…
The Kipchaks — the lost past: the Banner Turks
"Kipchaks" did not possess any special racial-anthropological differences from other Kipchaks. The sixth part. See the previous one here In the previous publications we have seen that the Kipchaks of…