Are the Crimean Tatars Oguzes or Kipchaks?
Screex Once all Turks were divided into tribes — large unions with a common origin and...
Khubilai — the last emperor of the Mongols
At the end of the 13th century, the Mongol Empire was the largest civilization on...
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...
9 interesting facts about Genghis Khan that may surprise you
Genghis Khan, aka Temuchin, aka Temujin — the founder of the Mongol Empire, one of...
Genghis Khan’s new invasion of China in 1212
The Mongols defeated the main Jin army and cleared the way to one of the...
Gireys: how did the dynasty of Crimean khans appear? What became of it?
The Gireys are one of the branches of the Genghisid dynasty, which ruled the Crimean...
How did Genghis Khan take over China?
1215 The great Jin Empire was plunged into chaos. After the capture of the Middle...
“Europe shuddered at the Mongols»: The Battle of Legnica and its aftermath
After the complete conquest of Russia by the Mongol army in 1240, Eastern Europe was...
Tamerlane against the Ottoman Empire
In the early 15th century, Tamerlane’s state bordered the Oghuz tribal association of Kara-Koyunlu. As...
Murad I was the first Ottoman sultan
Under Murad I, the formation of the Ottoman beylik as a state was completed. From...