Mongolia
Landlocked country in East Asia, bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south.
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Mongol Empire
The largest contiguous land empire in history.
Originating in present-day Mongolia in East Asia, the Mongol Empire at its height stretched from the Sea of Japan to parts of Eastern Europe, extending northward into parts of the Arctic; eastward and southward into the Indian subcontinent, Mainland Southeast Asia and the Iranian Plateau; and westward as far as the Levant and the Carpathian Mountains.
Mongols
The Mongols (Монголчууд,, Moŋğolçuud, ; ; Монголы) are an East Asian ethnic group native to Mongolia, Inner Mongolia in China and the Buryatia Republic of the Russian Federation.
Steppe
Ecoregion characterized by grassland plains without trees apart from those near rivers and lakes.
In both the highlands of Mongolia and northern Nevada, 30 C can be reached during the day with sub-freezing readings at night.
Yuan dynasty
Successor state to the Mongol Empire after its division and an imperial dynasty of China established by Kublai (Emperor Shizu), leader of the Mongol Borjigin clan, lasting from 1271 to 1368.
His realm was, by this point, isolated from the other Mongol khanates and controlled most of modern-day China and its surrounding areas, including modern Mongolia.
Mongolia–Russia border
The Mongolia–Russia border (Монгол-Оросын хил, ; Российско-монгольская граница) is the international border between Mongolia and the Russian Federation.
Mongolian language
Mongolian is the official language of Mongolia and both the most widely spoken and most-known member of the Mongolic language family.
Genghis Khan
The founder and first Great Khan (Emperor) of the Mongol Empire, which became the largest contiguous empire in history after his death.
Present-day Mongolians regard him as the founding father of Mongolia for unifying the nomadic tribes of Northeast Asia.
Satellite state
Country that is formally independent in the world, but under heavy political, economic, and military influence or control from another country.
When the Mongolian Revolution of 1921 broke out, Mongolian revolutionaries expelled Russian White Guards (during the Russian Civil War of 1917–1923 following the Communist October Revolution of 1917) from Mongolia, with the assistance of the Soviet Red Army.
Xiongnu
The Xiongnu were a tribal confederation of nomadic peoples who, according to ancient Chinese sources, inhabited the eastern Eurasian Steppe from the 3rd century BC to the late 1st century AD. Chinese sources report that Modu Chanyu, the supreme leader after 209 BC, founded the Xiongnu Empire.
A Scythian culture, it was identified by excavated artifacts and mummified humans, such as the Siberian Ice Princess, found in the Siberian permafrost, in the Altay Mountains, Kazakhstan and nearby Mongolia.
Mongolian Revolution of 1921
The Mongolian Revolution of 1921 (Outer Mongolian Revolution of 1921, or People's Revolution of 1921) was a military and political event by which Mongolian revolutionaries, with the assistance of the Soviet Red Army, expelled Russian White Guards from the country, and founded the Mongolian People's Republic in 1924.