Subutai, known as Sübe’etei Ba’atar, stands as one of the most legendary military minds in history. As the foremost general ...

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An illustration, based on a 15th century author’s imagining, of the court of the Great Khan in the 1200s. Credit: National Library of France On January 4, 1254, a French monk named William of Rubruck ...

Colleen C. Ho, from the Department of History at the University of Maryland, gave a lecture on “The Greatest Hits of Mongol History: Life, Death, and Chinggis Khan.” The Mongol Empire left a ...

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“Study Mongolia” has never been on any resolution list I’ve ever drawn up. Yet here I sit, having just reluctantly finished Stewart’s fine book about his journey there. Now I am conversant in Mongol ...

"This book examines the life and work of Rashid al-Din Tabib (d. 1318), the most powerful statesman working for the Mongol Ilkhans in the Middle East. It begins with an overview of administrative ...

RFE/RL correspondent Daisy Sindelar and multimedia producer Margot Buff have been exploring Mongolia for a week. -- Eds. The picture above, from the 1960s, shows a history lesson in progress at Ulan ...

Mongolian peacekeepers of the UN Mission in the Republic of South Sudan (UNMISS) stand in formation during a medal ceremony at their base in Bentiu, Nov. 8, 2013. Credit: UN Photo/Martine Perret On ...