Karakorum

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Karakorum was the 13th-century capital city of the Mongol Empire, serving as a key political and administrative center under Ögedei Khan.

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Label Occurrences
Karakorum canonical 9
Mongol court at Karakorum 1

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former capital
historical city
archaeologicalSite Karakorum archaeological site
becameCapital 1235
capitalDuringReignOf Güyük Khan
Möngke Khan
Ögedei Khan
capitalOf Mongol Empire
continent Asia
country Mongol Empire
destroyedBy Ming dynasty
destructionDate 1388
developedBy Ögedei Khan
era 13th century
excavatedBy German–Mongolian archaeological expeditions
foundationDate 1220
foundedBy Genghis Khan
governedBy Great Khan
hadFunction administrative center
commercial hub
political center
hadPalace Ögedei Khan’s palace
hadStructure city walls
four city gates
hasReligionBuilding Buddhist temples
Christian churches
Muslim mosques
languageOfAdministration Classical Mongolian
Uyghur Arabic alphabet
surface form: Uyghur script
locatedIn Mongolia
Orkhon Valley
locatedInPresentDay Övörkhangai Province
locatedOnRiver Orkhon River
lostCapitalStatusTo Khanbaliq
lostCapitalStatusUnder Kublai Khan
modernNearbyMonastery Erdene Zuu Monastery
modernSettlementNameVariant Kharkhorin
notableFeature cosmopolitan character
multicultural population
onTradeRoute Silk Road routes
surface form: Silk Road network
partOf Orkhon Valley
surface form: Orkhon Valley Cultural Landscape
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteWith Orkhon Valley
surface form: Orkhon Valley Cultural Landscape
usedAsCapitalUntil late 13th century
visitedBy Giovanni da Pian del Carpine
William of Rubruck

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ögedei Khan capital Karakorum
Northern Yuan dynasty capital Karakorum
Great Khan seatOfGovernment Karakorum
Mongol Empire capital Karakorum
Hethum I of Armenia traveledTo Karakorum
this entity surface form: Mongol court at Karakorum
Ugedei Khan capitalEstablished Karakorum
subject surface form: Ögedei Khan
Ariq Böke basedIn Karakorum