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The Mongol Empire developed in the course of the 13th century through a series of victorious campaigns throughout Eurasia. At its height, it stretched from the Pacific to Central Europe . It was later known as the largest contigious land empire, aside from the British Empire.
In the 13th century, the Mongol Empire launched several military expeditions in the region of Siberia as part of its invasions and conquests.The first campaigns in North Asia involved the rise of Genghis Khan in the first decade of the 13th century and the early territorial expansion of his empire into South Central and southern Western Siberia.
The Mongol conquests resulted in widespread and well-documented death and destruction throughout Eurasia, as the Mongol army invaded hundreds of cities and killed millions of people. One estimate is that approximately 10% of the contemporary global population, amounting to some 37.75–60 million people, was killed either during or immediately ...
Mongol campaigns in Central Asia occurred after the unification of the Mongol and Turkic tribes on the Mongolian plateau in 1206. Smaller military operations of the Mongol Empire in Central Asia included the destruction of surviving Merkit and Naimans (which involved forays into Cumania ) and the conquest of Qara Khitai .
The Mongol Empire of the 13th and 14th centuries was the largest contiguous empire in history. [4] 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; [5] eastward and southward into parts of the Indian subcontinent, mounted invasions of Southeast Asia, and ...
Expansion of the Mongol Empire 1206–1294 superimposed on a modern political map of Eurasia. Rise of Genghis Khan. Battle of Dalan Baljut; Mongol conquest of China. Mongol conquest of Western Xia. Death of Genghis Khan; Mongol conquest of the Jin dynasty; Mongol conquest of the Song dynasty; Mongol conquest of the Dali Kingdom; Mongol ...
List of battles of the Mongol invasion of Kievan Rus' Mongol campaigns in Central Asia; Mongol campaigns in Siberia; Mongol conquest of Anatolia; Mongol invasion of Europe; Mongol invasion of Persia and Mesopotamia; Mongol invasions and conquests; Mongol invasions of Georgia; Mongol invasions of India; Mongol invasions of Japan; Mongol ...
Mongol campaigns in Central Asia; G. ... Mongol conquest of the Qara Khitai; R. ... (13th century) Mongol campaigns in Siberia;