Stories, events, and civilizations that shaped our world
A great son of the Buryat people, Gombojab Tsebekovich Tsybikov is a distinguished traveler, ethnographer, Tibetologist, Mongolian scholar, Buddhologist, photographer, teacher, and public figure
King Leonidas I — an outstanding Greek commander and the hero of Thermopylae — was born around 519 BC in Sparta and died in 480 BC
Read more: King Leonidas IThe great ancient Greek historian Herodotus lived from c. 484 to c. 425 BC in the city of Halicarnassus in Asia Minor. Herodotus is often called the "Father of History."
Read more: HerodotusThe Kyrgyz are one of the most ancient and freedom-loving peoples in the world. It is remarkable that the self-name of the Kyrgyz people, “Kyrgyz,” has not changed for more than 2,000 years.
Read more: Kyrgyz Great Power: The Kyrgyz EmpireThe Bogd Khan Palace Museum is located in the Bayanzurkh District of Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia
Read more: Bogd Khaan Palace Museum
The secret history of the Mongols is the oldest surviving literary and historical work in the Mongolian language. Written by an anonymous author shortly after the death of Genghis Khan. The book is written in a unique blend of prose and epic poetry
Continuation of the book “The Military History of the Mongol Golden Horde”
Read more: “Алтан ордны улсын цэрэг” Т. СҮХБААТАРFrom May to September 1939, an armed conflict erupted on Mongolian territory at Khalkhin Gol between Japan and the USSR, both allies. The victory of Soviet and Mongolian forces prevented a Japanese invasion and secured Mongolia and the USSR’s eastern borders at the beginning of World War II. The Japanese Kwantung Army invaded the Mongolian People’s Republic, attempting to push the border back to the Khalkhin Gol River
Read more: Battles of Khalkhin GolThe Yuan Dynasty was the continuation of the Mongol Empire and was the center of the largest empire in history, and was a feudal society that occupied the lands of Mongolia, China, and Korea, founded by the Mongols. The Yuan Dynasty in East Asia was founded by Kublai Khan, the grandson of Genghis Khan, from 1260 to 1294. Kublai was born in 1215 to Sorkhugtani Bekhi. He was a bright, eloquent, and intelligent child from a young age
Read more: Yuan Dynasty. Kublai KhanIn 1224, Genghis Khan, the founder of the Great Mongol Empire, divided his state into four uluses, each corresponding to the number of his sons. His second son, Chagatai, inherited Transoxiana and the surrounding territories
Read more: Chagatai Khanate (Uls)
