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  2. Karakorum - Wikipedia

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    Karakorum (Khalkha Mongolian: Хархорум, Kharkhorum; Mongolian script: ᠬᠠᠷᠠᠬᠣᠷᠣᠮ, Qaraqorum; Chinese: 哈拉和林) was the capital of the Mongol Empire between 1235 and 1260 and of the Northern Yuan dynasty in the late 14th and 15th centuries.

  3. Erdene Zuu Monastery - Wikipedia

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    The Erdene Zuu Monastery (Mongolian: Эрдэнэ Зуу хийд, romanized: Erdene Zuu khiid) [a] is probably the earliest surviving Buddhist monastery in Mongolia.Located in Övörkhangai Province, approximately 2 km north-east from the center of Kharkhorin and adjacent to the ancient city of Karakorum, it is part of the Orkhon Valley Cultural Landscape World Heritage Site. [1]

  4. Karakoram - Wikipedia

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    The Karakoram (/ ˌ k ɑːr ə ˈ k ɔːr əm, ˌ k ær-/) [1] is a mountain range in the Kashmir region spanning the border of Pakistan, China, and India, with the northwestern extremity of the range extending to Afghanistan and Tajikistan.

  5. Kharakhorum Museum - Wikipedia

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    The museum contains 300 Mongolian imperial coins with inscriptions in arabic and phags-pa script, found in Karakorum during 2000 to 2005. The museum also contains a Buddha sculpture, a Kalavinka sculpture, as well as porcelain belonging to the time of the Yuan and Song dynasties.

  6. Karakorum Government - Wikipedia

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    The Karakorum Government or Confederated Republic of Altai was a republic created as an attempt to create an independent Altai. ... (today's Altai, Tuva, ...

  7. These Puffer Jackets Are Actually High-Fashion ... - AOL

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    And today, Moncler has continued its pursuit of evolution and reinvention with its third installment of Moncler Re/Icons. ... Last year it took a cotton hooded down coat from 1954, the Karakorum ...

  8. K2 - Wikipedia

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    K2, at 8,611 metres (28,251 ft) above sea level, is the second-highest mountain on Earth, after Mount Everest at 8,849 metres (29,032 ft). [5] It lies in the Karakoram range, partially in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan-administered Kashmir and partially in the China-administered Trans-Karakoram Tract in the Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County of Xinjiang.

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