1206 Establishments - Mongol Empire, Colchester Royal Grammar School, Reuss-Gera, Reuss-Plauen, Reuss-Weida, Reuss-Gera, Reuss-Plauen, (Paperback)

Chapters: Mongol Empire, Colchester Royal Grammar School, Reuss-Gera, Reuss-Plauen, Reuss-Weida, Reuss-Gera, Reuss-Plauen, . Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 72. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Mongol Empire (Mongolian: .), Mongolyn Ezent Guren or, Ikh Mongol Uls) was an empire from the 13th and 14th century spanning from Eastern Europe across Asia. It is the largest contiguous empire in the history of the world. It emerged from the unification of Mongol and Turkic tribes in modern day Mongolia, and grew through invasions, after Genghis Khan had been proclaimed ruler of all Mongols in 1206. At its greatest extent it stretched from the Danube to the Sea of Japan and from northern Siberia to Camboja, covering over 24,000,000 km (9,266,000 sq mi), 22% of the Earth's total land area, and held sway over a population of over 100 million people. It is often identified as the "Mongol World Empire" because it spanned much of Eurasia. As a result of the empire's conquests and political and economic impact on most of the Old World, its wars with other great powers in Africa, Asia and Europe are also believed to be an ancient world war. Under the Mongols new technologies, various commodities and ideologies were disseminated and exchanged across Eurasia. However, the empire began to split following the succession war in 1260-1264, with the Golden Horde and the Chagatai Khanate being de facto independent and refusing to accept Kublai Khan as Khagan. By the time of Kublai Khan's death, the Mongol Empire had already fractured into four separate khanates or empires, each pursuing its own separate interests and objectives: the Golden Horde khanate, the Chagatai Khanate, the Ilkhanate and the Empire of the Great Khan (Yuan dynasty). But the Mongol Empire as a whole remained strong and united. The ...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=2401