Articles related to "Mongol Army"

The Mongol army created by Genghis Khan was possibly the best military force since the armies of Ancient Rome.

A rocket is a vehicle that obtains its thrust from the rapid conversion of fuel to superheated gasses, which are then rapidly expelled out a nozzle at the base.

Genghis Khan had an empire which stretched from China to the Caspian Sea, and everyone within these lands feared his name.

Grand Princes of Russia were chosen by khans and paid visits to the Golden Horde in exchange for peace with Mongol invaders.

Few people in the west are aware of the proud history of the Georgian and Armenian peoples as bulwarks of Christianity. The history of Kiriakos describes the end.

The reign of the Mongols over China was disastrous for the Chinese people. They finally threw out their oppressors - how did this come to pass?

Emperor Hongwu (or Zhu Yuanzhang) lived as a farmer, wandering monk and rebel leader and eventually become the first emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

Dekhistan, in the Balkan region of Turkmenistan, is one of the remotest of destinations in this desert country, but worth the effort (and adventure) of getting there.

The empire that Genghis Khan left behind on his death in 1227 stretched from the Caspian Sea to the borders of China and the Golden Horde searched for further conquests.

In 1221 Jenghiz Khan put an end to one of the greatest cities in the Arab world, home to Omar Khayyam, second in stature only to Baghdad and now a World Heritage Site.

Many people overlook the connection between the Mongol empire and the Black Death. However, the great Eurasian empire may have been responsible for this epidemic.

One of the remotest Silk Road cities, less well-known than Samarkand, Koyne-Urgensh rewards the adventurous traveler with some of Central Asia's most striking monuments.