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Mongols
Mongols , Asian people, numbering about 6 million and distributed mainly in the Republic of Mongolia, the Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region of China, and Kalmykia and the Buryat Republic of Russia. Traditionally the Mongols were a predominantly pastoral people, following their herds of horses, cattl... Read more
Genghis Khan
Genghis Khan (1162–1227), founder of the Mongol empire; born Temujin. He took the name Genghis Khan (‘ruler of all’) in 1206 after uniting the nomadic Mongol tribes, and by the time of his death his empire extended from China to the Black Sea; his grandson Kublai Khan complet... Read more
Yüan
Yüan , Mongol dynasty of China that ruled from 1271 to 1368. It was a division of the great empire conquered by the Mongols . Kublai Khan , who adopted the Chinese dynastic name Yüan in 1271, swept down from N China, which the Mongols had ruled since the 1230s, and finally defeated the S... Read more
Batu Khan
Batu Khan , d. 1255, Mongol leader; a grandson of Jenghiz Khan. In 1235 Batu became commander of the Mongol army assigned to the conquest of Europe; his chief general was Subutai. Batu crossed the Volga, sending part of his force to Bulgaria but most of it to Russia. By 1240 he had Moscow and Kiev i... Read more
Karakorum
Karakorum , ruined city, central Republic of Mongolia, near the Orkhon River, SW of Ulaanbaatar. The area around Karakorum had been inhabited by nomadic Turkic tribes from the 1st cent. AD, but the city itself was not laid out until c.1220, when Jenghiz Khan, founder of the Mongol empire, establishe... Read more
Hulagu Khan
Hulagu Khan , 1217-65, Mongol conqueror, grandson of Jenghiz Khan. His brother Mangu, grand khan of the Mongols, directed him to quell a revolt in Persia. In 1256, in the course of his successful campaign, his forces virtually exterminated the powerful Assassin sect. Moving west to enlarge his con... Read more
Agin-Buryat Autonomous Area
Agin-Buryat Autonomous Area or Aga Buryat , former administrative division, S Siberian Russia, in what is now the Transbaykal Territory. Aginskoye was the capital. Formed in 1937, the area followed the Onon River. Buryats, Buddhist descendants of the Mongols, made up about 54% of the area's popu... Read more
Dmitri Donskoi
Dmitri Donskoi , 1350-89, Russian hero, grand duke of Moscow (1359-89). He successfully resisted Lithuanian attempts to invade Moscow, and was the first Russian prince since the Mongol conquest who dared to wage open war on the Tatars . His great victory at Kulikovo (1380) made him a popular Russ... Read more
Empire of the Golden Horde
Empire of the Golden Horde Mongol state comprising most of Russia, given as an appanage to Jenghiz Khan's oldest son, Juchi, and actually conquered and founded in the mid-13th cent. by Juchi's son, Batu Khan , after the Mongol or Tatar (see Tatars ) conquest of Russia. The name was derived from t... Read more
Kublai Khan
Kublai Khan , 1215-94, Mongol emperor, founder of the Yüan dynasty of China. From 1251 to 1259 he led military campaigns in S China. He succeeded (1260) his brother Mongke (Mangu) as khan of the empire that their grandfather Jenghiz Khan had founded. The empire reached its greatest territoria... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "Mongol"

Mongolian Americans
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America ...About 10 percent are members of other Mongol confederations and tribes (Barga, Bayad...fourth or fifth century b.c. The name 'Mongol' was first recorded by the Chinese during...vacuum, which was filled by the Kitans, a Mongol tribe from what is now north-east China...
Mongols
Encyclopedia entry from: Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of World Cultures ...POPULATION: 4.8 million LANGUAGE: Mongol RELIGION: Lamaism 1 • INTRODUCTION The term "Mongol" originated from a tribe called Mengwushiwei...century. Mengwushiwei was changed to "Mongol" for the first time during the Yuan Dynasty...
Kublai Khan
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography ...emperor Kublai Khan was the greatest of the Mongol emperors after Genghis Khan and founder...x2013; 1227), the founder of the Mongol Empire. Strong, brave, and intelligent...ngk ë , became Great Khan of the Mongol Empire. Kublai organized a group of Chinese...
Yeh-lü Ch'u-ts'ai
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...North China during the early years of the Mongol conquest. The son of a Sinicized Khitan...stayed to witness the fall of Peking to the Mongol forces in 1215. Meanwhile, Yeh-l...Chinese Taoist Chiu Ch'iu-chi to the Mongol quarters to advise on government and religious...
Chu Yuan-chang
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...1271 to 1368, China was ruled by the Mongol dynasty. In 1271, Kublai Khan swept...against the Chinese and Khan stationed Mongol troops throughout the country to prevent...nine rulers who were more Chinese than Mongol. Gradually they lost influence over other...
Buriats
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures ...ETHNONYMS: Brat, Bratsk, Buriaad, Buriat-Mongol Orientation Identification. The Buriats...Buriya" is found in the Secret Saga, a Mongol historical chronicle of the thirteenth...century until the 1960s, when "Buriat-Mongol" came into use. Demography. According...
Mongolia
Encyclopedia entry from: Countries and Their Cultures Mongolia Culture Name Mongolian, Mongol Alternative Names Formerly called Mongolian...family, which spread with the ancient Mongol Empire and also contains Korean, Manchu...Relations Emergence of the Nation. The name "Mongol" first appears in historical records...
Genghis Khan
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography ...ruler Genghis Khan was the creator of the Mongol nation and the founder of one of the greatest...central Mongolia. Toghril and a young Mongol chief named Jamuka helped Tem ü...in present-day Russia. Some of the Mongol princes named Tem ü jin as their...
Osman I
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...its possessions due to the invasions of mongol leader Genghis Khan. After the decisive...of Kozadagh ended with victory for the Mongol invaders, the Seljuk sultans were reduced to vassals. The Mongol khan, interested only in securing annual...
Wen T'ien-hsiang
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...suggested moving the capital because a strong Mongol attack seemed imminent. Wen's request...Mangu) Khan, turned north to claim the Mongol throne. When the Mongols in 1274 again...determination to save the dynasty led the Mongol general to keep him a prisoner and send...

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Mongol
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable Mongol a native or national of Mongolia, a Mongolian. In the 13th century ad the Mongol empire under Genghis Khan extended across central...Under Kublai Khan China was conquered and the Mongol capital moved to Khanbaliq (modern Beijing...
Mongol empire
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History Mongol empire An empire founded by GENGHIS KHAN early in the 13th century. Loosely related nomadic tribesmen who lived in felt huts...
Conquerors
Dictionary entry from: Allusions--Cultural, Literary, Biblical, and Historical: A Thematic Dictionary ...NCE , 182] Batu Khan (d. 1255) Mongol conqueror of 13th century; grandson of...Genghis Khan (1167 – 1227) Mongol chieftain overran most of Asia and eastern...NCE , 1034] Golden Horde 13th-century Mongol overlords of Russia. [Russ. Hist...
Potomok Chingis-Khan
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Cast: Valeri Inkishinov (Bair, A Mongol huntsman ); I. Inkishinov (Bair's...in which shots of an onrushing horde of mongol horsemen are interspersed with shots of...political awareness of Bair, a young Mongol huntsman who survives a series of indignities...
ʾPhags-pa Blo-gros-rgyal-mtshan
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions ...engaging also in correspondence with Mongol princes in which he summarized Buddhist...x323;ita, was summoned to serve in the Mongol court, ʾPhags-pa went with...Khan, to ensure Tibet's submission to Mongol rule. He so impressed the emperor with...
Mongolia
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...however, the Mongols swept out to create the MONGOL EMPIRE . In the 16th century they were converted...3%; Dorbed 2.8%; Bayad 2.0%; Buryat Mongol 1.9%; Draiganga Mongol 1.5% Languages: Khalkha Mongolian (official...
Phags pa blo drö
Book article from: A Dictionary of Buddhism ...In 1244 he accompanied his uncle to the Mongol court and was kept at court after his uncle was sent back to Tibet to rule as Mongol vassal. Phags pa impressed the court...tutor. He is said to have converted the Mongol emperor Kublai Khan (r. 1260–...
Golden Horde
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History Golden Horde The TARTARS of the Mongol KHANATE of the Western Kipchaks (1242...x201C;horde” derives from the Mongol “ordo” , meaning...of GENGHIS KHAN , invaded Russia with a Mongol-Kipchak force. He burned Moscow and...
Sakya Paṇḍita
Book article from: A Dictionary of Buddhism ...his dealings with the Mongols. In 1244 he was invited to the Mongol court, where the ruler Godan Khan was so impressed by his learning...in which Sakyapa lamas served as religious preceptors to the Mongol court. Sakya Paṇḍita was able to read...
Buddhist schools
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions ...yāna is a family of lineages that may be grouped into two main cultural types: Tibeto-Mongol and Sino-Japanese. Tibeto-Mongol Buddhism sees itself as the inheritor of later Indian Mahāyānist scholar-monks...

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The Mongol Empire and its Legacy.(Review)
Magazine article from: Journal of World History; 9/22/2001; ; 700+ words ; The Mongol Empire and its Legacy. Edited by REUVEN...by the title of the first volume: The Mongol Empire and its Legacy. In different ways...extent, richness, and durability of the Mongol impact, and the way in which it accelerated...
Chatu Mongol took the high road.
Magazine article from: Institutional Investor International Edition; 2/1/2000; ; 700+ words ; ...and I. Bank of Thailand governor Chatu Mongol Sonakul, however, is determined that...January, tried to deflect blame onto Chatu Mongol, the man directly responsible for bank...another former Krung Thai chairman. Chatu Mongol, 56, the respected great-grandson...
CHATU MONGOL RESIGNS FROM CIVIL SERVICE
Newspaper article from: The Nation (Thailand); 7/31/1997; 700+ words ; ...the Prime Minister's Office, MR Chatu Mongol Sonakul has decided to quit the civil...that the government clarify why Chatu Mongol, one of the country's most respected...The Cabinet on Tuesday transferred Chatu Mongol from the top bureaucratic post at the...
An examination of historians' explanations for the Mongol withdrawal from East Central Europe. (in 1242)
Magazine article from: East European Quarterly; 3/22/1996; ; 700+ words ; I. Introduction The Mongol military campaign into East Central Europe...the sudden and unexpected withdrawal of Mongol forces in the following year, thereby...determine the cause or causes for the Mongol withdrawal from East Central Europe...
Culture and Conquest in Mongol Eurasia.(Reviews of Books)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: The Journal of the American Oriental Society; 4/1/2003; ; 700+ words ; Culture and Conquest in Mongol Eurasia. By THOMAS T. ALLSEN. Cambridge Studies...and economic relations between the Ilkhanate, the Mongol dynasty in Iran (1260-1335), and the Mongol-Yuan dynasty in China (1271-1368). Part 3...
Chatu-Mongol avoids Tarrin as premier struggles for reconciliation, NATION
Newspaper article from: The Nation (Thailand); 4/25/2000; ; 700+ words ; ...invite Bank of Thailand Governor MR Chatu Mongol Sonakul to have lunch with Finance Minister...turn up to the meeting. Instead, Chatu Mongol was present at his Bangkhunphrom headquarters...Rumours had also been circulating that Chatu Mongol's job was in jeopardy. Emerging from...
Chatu Mongol walks into the line of fire, NATION
Newspaper article from: The Nation (Thailand); 11/5/1999; 700+ words ; ...put Bank of Thailand Governor MR Chatu Mongol Sonakul under heavy fire, Anoma Srisukkasem...of Thailand and it could ruin MR Chatu Mongol Sonakul's relentless attempts to rebuild...respected institutions. Governor Chatu Mongol has come under intense pressure after...
Daily Life in the Mongol Empire.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Canadian Journal of History; 12/22/2007; ; 700+ words ; Daily Life in the Mongol Empire, by George Lane. The Greenwood...of London, and is the author of Early Mongol Rule in Thirteenth Century Iran: A Persian...Curzon, 2003) and Genghis Khan and Mongol Rule (Greenwood Press, 2004). His...
STREETWISE: Messy days ahead for Chatu Mongol?, NATION
Newspaper article from: The Nation (Thailand); 4/25/2000; 700+ words ; ...2000 BANK of Thailand Governor MR Chatu Mongol Sonakul was a trifle erratic yesterday...cannot reach a reconciliation? Chatu Mongol was not inclined to join Chuan for lunch...more charges against Sirin, then Chatu Mongol will have to appear in court whether he...
Chatu Mongol saw it coming, NATION
Newspaper article from: The Nation (Thailand); 5/31/2001; 660 words ; ...Former Bank of Thailand Governor MR Chatu Mongol Sonakul knew he was getting sacked the...institutions examination department, Chatu Mongol sounded like a man facing the gallows...Nongnart recalled. In her memory, Chatu Mongol knew his days were numbered even during...