For centuries, the Mongol Empire has captivated historians and storytellers alike with its unparalleled rise and swift decline. This was a civilization forged in the harsh conditions of the Mongolian ...

"With the rise of projects to create global histories and art histories, the Mongol Empire is now widely taken as a fundamental watershed. In the later thirteenth century, the Mongol states ...

Long obscured in the shadows of history, the world's first nomadic empire—the Xiongnu—is at last coming into view thanks to painstaking archaeological excavations and new ancient DNA evidence. Arising ...

Part I. The memoria of the Mongols in historical and literary sources -- Mythico-legendary figures and history between east and west -- The Mongols and the legend of Prester John -- The ...

Researchers studying the rings of ancient trees in mountainous central Mongolia think they may have gotten at the mystery of how small bands of nomadic Mongol horsemen united to conquer much of the ...

The Yuan Dynasty was the first foreign-ruled dynasty in Chinese history, and arose when China was fully conquered by the Mongol armies of Kublai Khan in 1279. During the reign of Kublai the massive ...

A shipwreck dating to roughly 745 years ago has been identified off the coast of Takashima island in Nagasaki prefecture, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The history of the world is, perhaps unfortunately, the history of empires. As far back as historians can take us, humans have ...

A fearless warrior and ruthless conqueror, Genghis Khan’s epic rise and the Mongolian Empire’s incredible expansion are brought to thrilling life in this six-part series. Drawing on a new translation ...