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"The Dog of War" Subutai

Subutai (Mongolian: Сүбээдэй, Sübeedei; Classic Mongolian: Sübügätäi or Sübü'ätäi; Chinese...

27-Jul-07
"The Mad Baron" Roman Ungern von Sternberg

Baron Roman Friederich Nickolaus von Ungern-Sternberg (Роман Фёдорович Унгерн фо...

13-Jul-07
Buddhism in Mongolia

Buddhism in Mongolia has been influenced by Tibetan Buddhism. Traditional Mongols worshiped heaven (the "clear blue sky") and their ancestors, and they followed ancient northern Asian practices of shamanism,
in...

Daily Life in the Mongol Empire

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Damdin Sükhbaatar

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17-Jul-07
Han Chinese in Mongolia

The Chinese in Mongolia have not been very well-documented. Mongolia's 1956 census counted ethnic Chinese as 1.9% of the population; the United States government estimated their proportion to be 2% in 1987, or roughly 40,000...

19-Jul-07
Karakorum "The First Capital"

Karakorum (also K'a-la-k'un-lun, Khara-khorin, Kharakhorum, Khara Khorum in Classical Mongolian) was an ancient palace and "capital city...

23-Jul-07
Khorloog Choibalsan "The puppet of Stalin or national hero?"

Khorloogiin Choibalsan (Mongolian: Хорлоогийн Чойбалсан; February 8, 1895–January 26, 1952) was...

23-Jul-07
Kublai Khan

Kublai Khan, Khubilai Khan or "the last of the Great Khans" (September 23, 1215 - February 18, 1294) (Mongolian: Хубилай хаан, Chinese...

17-Jul-07
Mongol military tactics and organization

The Mongol military tactics and organization helped the Mongols
to conquer nearly all of continental Asia, the Middle East and parts of
eastern Europe. In many ways, it can be regarded as the first "modern...

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