Mongol

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ethnic group historical people nomadic people

The Mongols were a Central and Northeast Asian nomadic people who, under leaders like Genghis Khan, created one of the largest contiguous empires in history and profoundly influenced Eurasian politics, culture, and trade.

Aliases (10)

Statements (77)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ethnic group → historical people → nomadic people →
alsoKnownAs	Mongol peoples →
coreHomeland	Mongolian Plateau →
ethnicOrigin	Central Asia → Northeast Asia →
ethnicReligion	Tengri worship →
ethnogenesisPeriod	late first millennium CE →
foundedEmpire	Chagatai Khanate → Golden Horde → Ilkhanate → Mongol Empire → Yuan dynasty →
influencedField	cultural exchange → military tactics → political structures → trade networks →
influencedRegion	Central Asia → China → Eurasia → Persia → Russia →
knownFor	creating the largest contiguous land empire in history → facilitating cultural exchange across Eurasia → highly mobile cavalry armies → promotion of long-distance trade → religious tolerance in the Mongol Empire →
language	Mongolian language → Mongolic languages →
modernCountry	Afghanistan → China → Kazakhstan → Kyrgyzstan → Mongolia → Pakistan → Russia → Uzbekistan →
notableLeader	Batu Khan → Genghis Khan → Hülegü Khan → Kublai Khan → Möngke Khan → Ögedei Khan →
politicalSystemInEmpire	khanate →
politicalTitle	Great Khan → Khan →
primaryRegion	Inner Mongolia → Mongolia →
religion	Buddhism → Christianity → Islam → Tengrism →
successorStates	Chagatai Khanate → Golden Horde → Ilkhanate → Northern Yuan dynasty → Yuan dynasty →
territorialExtent	from East Asia to Eastern Europe → from Siberia to the Indian subcontinent → from the Korean Peninsula to the Middle East →
timePeriodOfGreatestExpansion	13th century → early 14th century →
traditionalDwelling	yurt →
traditionalEconomy	animal husbandry → horse breeding → transcontinental trade →
traditionalLifestyle	pastoral nomadism →
traditionalScript	Classical Mongolian script →
usedAnimal	camel → cattle → goat → horse → sheep →
usedMilitaryTactic	feigned retreat → high mobility cavalry warfare → mounted archery →

Referenced by (43)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Batu Khan → Genghis Khan ("Mongols") → Golden Horde ("Mongols") → Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region ("Mongols") → Kublai Khan ("Mongols") → Mengjiang ("Mongols") → Möngke Khan ("Mongols") → Northern Yuan dynasty ("Mongols") → Orda Khan ("Mongols") → Xinjiang ("Mongols") →	ethnicGroup
Giray → Hülegü Khan → Kadan → Subutai →	ethnicity
Chagatai Khanate ("Mongols") → Yuan dynasty ("Mongols") →	ethnicGroupInPower
Northern Yuan dynasty ("Eastern Mongols") → Northern Yuan dynasty ("Western Mongols") →	hasPart
Alxa Plateau ("Mongol ethnic groups") → Eurasian Steppe ("Mongols") →	inhabitedBy
Mongols ("Mongol peoples") →	alsoKnownAs
Hazaras →	ancestry
Tengrism ("Mongols") →	associatedPeople
Steppe Road ("Mongols") →	associatedWith
Kublai Khan ("Mongol Empire") →	birthPlace
Qing army ("Mongols") →	ethnicComposition
Mongolia ("Khalkha Mongols") →	ethnicMajority
Mongols ("Mongol Empire") →	foundedEmpire
Turco-Mongol ("Mongol peoples") →	hasEthnicComponents
Western China ("Mongols") →	hasEthnicGroup
Qinghai →	hasMajorEthnicGroup
Mongol invasions of Europe ("Mongol Empire") →	hasParticipant
Hazaras ("Mongol Empire") →	historicalAssociation
Manchuria ("Mongol peoples") →	historicallyInhabitedBy
Gobi Desert ("Mongol Empire") →	historicalPeriod
Silk Road routes ("Mongol Empire") →	historicalPeriodOfPeak
Northern Yuan dynasty ("Mongol cavalry") →	military
Orda Khan ("Mongol army") →	militaryBranch
Mughal Empire →	namedAfter
Kingdom of Georgia ("Mongol Empire") →	opposedTo
Kalmyk people ("Mongols") →	relatedEthnicGroup
Tengrism ("Mongolic peoples") →	religiousTraditionOf
Pope Innocent IV ("Mongol Empire") →	sentMissionTo