Mongol Empire ᠶᠡᠬᠡ ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠣᠯ ᠤᠶᠯᠤᠰ ' | |
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1206–1368 | |
Status | Nomadic empire |
Capital | |
Common languages | |
Religion |
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Government | Elective monarchy Later also hereditary |
Great Khan (Emperor[note 3]) | |
• 1206–1227 | Genghis Khan |
• 1229–1241 | Ögedei Khan |
• 1246–1248 | Güyük Khan |
• 1251–1259 | Möngke Khan |
• 1260–1294 | Kublai Khan (nominal) |
• 1333–1368 | Toghan Temür, Khan (nominal) |
Legislature | Kurultai |
History | |
• Genghis Khan proclaims the Mongol Empire | 1206 |
• Death of Genghis Khan | 1227 |
1250–1350 | |
1260–1294 | |
• Fall of Yuan dynasty | 1368 |
• Collapse of the Chagatai Khanate | 1687 |
Area | |
1206 (unification of Mongolia)[1] | 4,000,000 km2 (1,500,000 sq mi) |
1227 (Genghis Khan's death)[1] | 13,500,000 km2 (5,200,000 sq mi) |
1279 (Its greatest extent) [1] | 33,000,000 km2 (13,000,000 sq mi) |
1294 (Kublai's death)[1] | 23,500,000 km2 (9,100,000 sq mi) |
1309 (last formal reunification)[1] | 24,000,000 km2 (9,300,000 sq mi) |
Currency | Various[note 4] |
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- ^ a b c d e Rein Taagepera (September 1997). "Expansion and Contraction Patterns of Large Polities: Context for Russia". International Studies Quarterly. 41 (3): 475–504. doi:10.1111/0020-8833.00053. JSTOR 2600793. Archived from the original on 19 November 2018. Retrieved 8 December 2018.