However, in the 1250’s, Hulagu, brother of the Mongol Khan, demanded that the Abbasid Caliph, Al-Mustasim, submit himself as a vassal to the Mongol Empire. The Caliph rejected this.

Elbegdorj Tsakhia, the former president of Mongolia, has taken a jab at Russian President Vladimir Putin by using historical maps to ridicule Putin’s rationale for the Ukrainian invasion. What ...

In the late Middle Ages, the Mongol Empire became the largest the world had ever seen. At its peak, maybe 100 million people lived under its banner, led by the Great Khans of the Asian steppe.

Genghis Khan didn’t just win battles—he reshaped entire civilizations. The Mongol Empire, at its peak, spanned 9.27 million square miles, making it the largest contiguous land empire in history.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has claimed that the Golden Horde (part of the Mongol Empire) was better for Moscow than “Western conquerors” and praised Prince Alexander Nevsky, a key figure in ...

For the first time, researchers have pinpointed a date when elite Mongol Empire people were drinking yak milk, according to a study co-led by a University of Michigan researcher.

"After Putin's talk. I found Mongolian historic map. Don't worry. We are a peaceful and free nation," Elbegdorj wrote. The maps he shared also showed how small Russia was in the 15th century. The ...

Pow’s academic interests are the Mongol Empire, the Mongol-European relations and the Mongol campaign in the Near East. “Each of these units had their own commander,” Pow continued, noting that ...

Genghis Khan didn’t just win battles—he reshaped entire civilizations. The Mongol Empire, at its peak, spanned 9.27 million square miles, making it the largest contiguous land empire in history.

Putin has relied on historical borders to argue Ukraine is part of Russia and to justify the war. Mongolia's former president shared a map of the Mongol Empire, which included parts of Russia. "After ...