the Tocharians, Yuezhi, Xiongnu Empire, Kushan Empire, Han Empire, Former Liang, Former Qin, Later Liang, Western Liáng, Tang Dynasty, Uyghur Khaganate, Kara-Khanid Khanate, Mongol Empire (Yuan Dynasty), Dzungar Khanate, Qing Dynasty, the Republic of China, and, since 1950, the People's...
- Dzungar Khanate - The descendants of Walla rose up in West Mongolia. - History of the rise and fall of Western Liao - The elite of the Liao Empire established hegemony in Central Asia, so the Chinese was called Khitans by Central and Western Asia. - Decline of the Mongol Empire - Th...
16. Amazonia – located in the eastern Caucasus between Russia/the USSR and Persia, this nation has managed to remain under female rule for many centuries thanks to the extraordinary combat skills of the locals (although overrun and badly depopulated during the Mongol era, it was never pacified...
marked 211 places from Ming Dynasty's frontier Jiayuguan Pass westward to Mecca of today's Saudi Arabia, named as Tianfang on the map. The "Mongolia" in the map refers to the Mongol Empire that fractured into four khanates.
of China, Russia,Central Asia, and theMiddle East. TheMongol empireeventually collapsed and split, and parts of Mongolia came under China and Russia’s influence from the 17th century to the 20th century. The Mongolian People’s Republic was proclaimed in November 1924, and the Mongolian ...
ofPaleolithicsettlement is abundant in southern Siberia, which, after participating in theBronze Age, came under Chinese (from 1000bce) and then underTurkic-Mongol(3rd centurybce) influence. Southern Siberia was part of the Mongols’ khanate of theGolden Hordefrom the 10th to the mid-15th ...
ancient division, Mongol Empire Print Also known as: Kipchak Khanate, Ulus Juchi Written and fact-checked by The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica Encyclopaedia Britannica's editors oversee subject areas in which they have extensive knowledge, whether from years of experience gained by working on ...
thekhanate of Crimeain the south. At this time the kings ofPolandand theprinces of Muscovyattempted to exert their influence in the region, and both enlisted the Cossacks to check the advances of theTatarsfromCrimea. TheCrimean War(1853–56), which cut off Russia’s access to imported coal...
The remnants of the Golden Horde came to be known as the khanate of Crimea, which submitted to Ottoman suzerainty in 1475. Although their power had waned dramatically from the days of the Mongol conquests, the Tatars made frequent raids on the Muscovite state from their capital at Bakhchy...
After it revolted against its Mongol rulers (1365), Samarkand became the capital of the empire of Timur (Tamerlane), who made the city the most important economic and cultural centre in Central Asia. Samarkand was conquered by Uzbeks in 1500 and became part of the khanate of Bukhara. By ...