A fourth map shows the Mongol Empire dwarfing early Russia—then the Principality of Moscow under Ivan the Great—as it appeared shortly after it gained independence from the Mongol Golden Horde ...

Karakorum served as the capital of the Mongol Empire during the 13th century ... on advanced geophysics methods to publish a detailed map of the capital. The findings, published this week in ...

The capital of the Mongol Empire has been mapped in unprecedented detail. It turns out that the city of Karakorum was far larger than once thought and was quite unlike medieval European cities in ...

Genghis Khan died in 1227 fighting in China. Upon his successor’s death in 1259, squabbles over succession led to the Mongol Empire being split into four khanates, each ruled by a son or grandson.