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Mongol Empire

Also known as Mongolian Empire, Great Mongol Nation

13th- and 14th-century empire originating in Mongolia

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The Mongol Empire was a vast territorial power that emerged in Mongolia during the 13th and 14th centuries, becoming one of history's largest empires through military conquest. It matters because it fundamentally reshaped Eurasian politics, trade routes, and cultural exchange during the medieval period.

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Instance of: khanate
Has part: Ilkhanate
Official name: Их Монгол улс
Religion: Islam
Continent: Eurasia
Capital: Xanadu
Official language: Persian
Population: 160000000
Area: 24000000
Head of state: Togoontumur Khan
Form of government: hereditary monarchy
Legislature: kurultai

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topic's main category: Category:Mongol Empire
Commons category: Mongol Empire
inception: 1206-00-00
dissolved, abolished or demolished date: 1368-01-01
described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
has seal, badge, or sigil: Imperial Seal of Mongolia
office held by head of state: khagan
language used: Middle Chinese
different from: Mughal Empire
replaces: Nizari Ismaili state
replaced by: Ming dynasty
native label: Их Монгол улс

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Encyclopedic overview

The Mongol Empire was the largest contiguous empire in history. Originating in present-day Mongolia in East Asia, the medieval empire at its height stretched from the Sea of Japan to Eastern Europe, extending northward into Siberia and east and southward into the Indian subcontinent, mounting invasions of Southeast Asia, and conquering the Iranian Plateau; and reaching westward as far as the Levant and the Carpathian Mountains.

The empire emerged from the unification of several nomadic tribes in the Mongol heartland under the leadership of Temüjin, known by the title of Genghis Khan (c. 1162–1227), whom a council proclaimed as the ruler of all Mongols in 1206. The empire grew rapidly under his rule and that of his descendants, who sent out invading armies in every direction. The vast transcontinental empire connected the East with the West, and the Pacific to the Mediterranean, in an enforced Pax Mongolica, allowing the exchange of trade, technologies, commodities, and ideologies across Eurasia.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mongol Empire” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.