"With the rise of projects to create global histories and art histories, the Mongol Empire is now widely taken as a fundamental watershed. In the later thirteenth century, the Mongol states ...

The Mongol Empire began to fracture after the death of its fourth Great Khan, Mongke, in 1259. Different factions vied for control, and, although Genghis' grandson Kublai technically ruled as Great ...

How big was the Mongol Empire? In this video, we've mapped out a timeline of the Mongol conquests, from Genghis Khan to Kublai Khan and beyond. You'll find out how the Mongol Empire grew from a ...

The brand new six-part history docuseries, Genghis Khan: The Secret History of the Mongols, premieres on National Geographic Thursday, May 1 at 9/8c. The new National Geographic docuseries brings to ...

The history of the world is, perhaps unfortunately, the history of empires. As far back as historians can take us, humans have sought to subjugate one another, and some have proved particularly good ...

You've probably heard of the Russian, the Mongol, the Roman, the British and a few other empires. Until pretty recently, they were all over the place (literally). So, what were the largest empires in ...

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