Travel on the ancient Silk Road. In this lesson, explore the historical cultures of West and Central Asia and their art. Also, learn about the...
Scientists still don't know how the pangolin became the only mammal to have scales covering its skin. Fossils suggest that pangolins, which are native to Asia and Africa, originated in Europe some 31 to 45 million years ago. Which animal has the biggest brain? Catmando // Shutterstock Which...
Mongol empire - Central Asia, Expansion, Genghis Khan: The Chagatai line of Genghis Khan’s family had received the ulus consisting of the former Khara-Khitai empire stretching east of Lake Balkhash, including the whole Tarim Basin as well as Transoxania
Mongol empire - Central Asia, Steppe Warfare, Khanates: During the early stages of Mongol supremacy, the empire established by Genghis absorbed civilizations in which a strong, unified, and well-organized state power had developed. The social organizatio
Mongol empire - Central Asia, Steppe Warriors, Genghis Khan: The situation in Batu’s ulus was for a long time dominated by antagonism to the Il-Khan empire. For more than a century the rulers of the Golden Horde, or Kipchak Khanate, tried to occupy the