What a tragedy for Baghdad the invasion of the Mongols turned out to be
Screex The capital of the Caliphate, the City of Peace, the pearl of the Abbasid state,...
The Merkits: what became of the Mongol tribe that stole Genghis Khan’s wife?
In 1155 (or 1162), the Mongol prince Yesugei was hunting in the steppe with his...
What were the Mongol ruling dynasties, with the exception of the Genghisids?
The power of Genghis Khan and his descendants was so great that a political concept...
The story of Tamerlane: how the war with the Golden Horde began
1391 The night steppe smelled of cinders. The hot wind drove the ashes, the ashes...
Murad I: blinded his son and fell in battle — the story of the first of the Ottoman family to call himself Sultan
A small Ottoman force first crossed into Europe in 1352, at the end of Bey...
The story of Tamerlane: from famine to the throne
He marched through the world like samum — a fiery desert wind, scorching everything in...
The Fall of Khorezm. How the ruler’s conceit ruined a rich empire overnight
Jalal ad-Din Manguberdi — the last Shah of Khorezm Khorezm was a rich empire through...
Tokhtamysh, Khan of the Golden Horde: the birth of a warrior
1352 He was born in a year when the steppe howled with hunger. His mother...
A little-known factor in the fall of Khazaria. The Guzes against the Khazar Khaganate
In the IX-X centuries there was a severe drought in the Eurasian steppes, and it...
The personal guard of Batyi Khan: what is known about the elite of the Mongols?
After Genghis Khan’s death in 1227, his sons moved away from their father’s approach to...