Möngke Khan ascended the ethrone in 1251, and most scholars today regard him as the last Mongol ruler who had some degree of authority over the entire Mongol Empire. Möngke Khan brought in a ...

Archaeologists Map Ruins of Karakorum, Capital of the Mongol Empire, for the First Time Genghis Khan founded the city, located in what is now central Mongolia, around 1220 C.E.

Beginning in A.D. 1206, Genghis Khan’s Mongol military forces burst out of the central Asian steppes and over the next century conquered the largest contiguous land empire in history.

When the fourth Mongol great khan, Möngke, died in 1259, his brother, Kublai, never doubted who was his rightful successor. While Möngke had been expanding Mongol rule into Syria in the far west ...

Kublai Khan improved the communication system within his empire. At first its main use was for official news, but merchants used the system as well. By the end of Kublai Khan's reign, there were 1,400 ...

Kublai Khan, born on September 23, 1215, established the Yuan dynasty, uniting China under Mongol rule. The Mongol emperor's reign shaped trade, culture, and politics across Asia, with lasting ...

Though the heyday of the Mongol empire was well over 700 years ago, the legend of the mighty Khans persists to this day, recorded in popular culture and, maybe, pollutants.

Prior to the foundation of the Mongol Empire, the region that is modern-day Mongolia was inhabited by roaming Mongol and Turkic nomads, each led by a Khan.