Mongol Empire
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The Mongols came to rule much of Asia and Europe during the 13th century, becoming the largest contiguous land empire ever, and second only to the British Empire in total land area. While known by most for their seemingly-wanton killing and destruction (one estimate puts the death toll at 11% of the world's population), the Mongols established an era of peace and global prosperity within the lands they controlled. This Pax Mongolica allowed ideas, people, and goods to flow across Eurasia like never before, and was the first time that places as distant as Konya, Kyiv, Korea, and Kyrgyzstan were unified.
UnderstandThe Mongols are one of several Eurasian nomadic peoples, neither the first nor the last to expand across the steppes and conquer other lands.
DestinationsPractically everything in Ulaanbaatar is related to some aspect of the Mongol Empire (although there's also a good share of Communist-era toponyms), and it's here that most all of the museums dedicated to the empire are…
TalkThe Mongol Empire was never ruled in Mongolian. Instead, regional rulers used whatever language(s) was/were dominant in their regions.
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