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Was Goryeo part of the Mongol empire?
So I came to America from Korea a while ago and I decided to study a bit of history (because who doesn't like history?).
While doing so, it kind of confused me that the extent of the Mongol empire ...
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Why did the Mughals call themselves "Gurkani" when Babur himself was a direct descendant of Genghis Khan?
According to the Wikipedia article on the Timurid dynasty:
The Timurid dynasty called themselves "Gurkani". The word "Gurkani" derives from "Gurkan", a Persianized form ...
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Did Kublai Khan's army consist largely of Mongol warriors or native Chinese?
Kublai's army is always referred to as a 'Mongol' army but I suspect that after the initial conquest of China, his army consisted largely of native Chinese. Is this correct? Did the Japanese and ...
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Did medieval Mongol horse archers have deformed arms like English bowmen?
Did medieval Mongol horse archers have deformed arms like English bowmen? And were there other archer inside or outside of Europe in ancient times who suffered the same deformity like English archers?
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How devoted to Tengrism was Genghis Khan?
We first hear about Tengrism around the 6th Century as forming amongst the Turkic people of the central Asian steppe, spreading west for a bit with Attila and his crew, then getting mostly overrun by ...
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Why were fragments of the Mongol empire named after colors?
Why were the successor fragments of the Mongol empire named after colors after the death of Genghis Khan?
For example, blue horde, golden horde and white horde.
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Were the Huns and Mongols at one point rivals?
I recently read an article that suggests that perhaps the Huns invading Rome had once been a foe and eventually conquered and forced to migrate by the Mongol empire,this interesting idea completely ...
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