Emperor Naruhito took in the golden statue of the founder of the Mongol Empire and other artifacts at the Chinggis Khaan ...

Minnesota Zoo director of animal care Anne Rivas examines Marat, a Przewalski's horse foal, and his adoptive mother Alice, a ...

Ottoman imperium eventually ended in ignominy, with defeat in World War I and the Armenian Genocide – an appalling ...

A travel advisor shares her experience as a tourist in Mongolia, saying it's one of the most unique and welcoming ...

When Kublai Khan founded the Chinese Yuan Dynasty in 1271, the vast Mongol Empire already stretched across Asia and into parts of Europe. Kublai, who was keen to secure Japan’s support in his ...

And I tell you as a certain truth, that when Mongou Kaan [Möngke Khan, fourth khan of the Mongol Empire] died, more than 20,000 persons, who chanced to meet the body on its way, were slain in the ...

Other reason for such a move was the difficulty to sustain so many horses of the Mongol cavalry without enough fodder as well as the Mongol habit of moving to the colder areas during summer heat.

Internal squabbling, succession battles and attrition from enemy attacks eventually fragmented the Mongol Empire, which began to collapse in the middle of the 14th century.