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The four divisions each pursued their own interests and objectives and fell at different times. Most of the western khanates did not recognize Kublai as Great Khan. Although some of them still asked Kublai to confirm the enthronement of their new regional khans, [5] the four khanates were functionally independent sovereign states. [6]
By 1294, the empire had fractured into four autonomous khanates, including the Golden Horde in the northwest, the Chagatai Khanate in the middle, the Ilkhanate in the southwest, and the Yuan dynasty [a] in the east based in modern-day Beijing, although the Yuan emperors held the nominal title of Khagan of the empire.
The borders of the historic condominium of Moresnet.Moresnet is colored blue, the Netherlands orange, Belgium yellow, and Prussia green.. An early instance of four political divisions meeting at a point is the Four Shire Stone in Moreton-in-Marsh, England (attested in the Domesday Book, 1086, [6] [7] and mentioned since 969 if not 772 [8]); until 1931, it was the meeting point of the English ...
Khanates and khaganates were organised tribally, where leaders gained power on the support and loyalty of their warrior subjects, [3] gaining tribute from subordinates as realm funding. [6] In comparison to a khanate, a khaganate, the realm of a khagan, was a large nomadic state maintaining subjugation over numerous smaller khanates. [7]
Khalkha Khanates (Northern Yuan subject by 1635) late 16th century–1691 Tüsheet Khan, Zasagt Khan, Setsen Khan and Altan Khan of the Khalkha: Oirats – Non-Genghisid states Four Oirat: 1399–1634 1,000,000 km 2 (15th – late 16th) ~1,600,000 km 2 (early 17th century) Dzungar Khanate: 1634–1758 3,500,000–4,000,000 km 2: Ghulja: Khoshut ...
Ogedei Khan's descendants are found among the eastern and western Chaghtai Khanates of Central Asia. The map showing the Eastern Chagatai Khanate (Moghulistan) as of the year 1372 AD. The eastern regions of the Chagatai Khanate in the early 14th century had been inhabited by a number of Mongol nomadic tribes.
The four sons of Ali (Ahmad, Nasr, Mansur, Muhammad) each held their own independent appanage within the Karakhanid state. Nasr, the conqueror of Transoxiana, held the large central area of Transoxiana (Samarkand and Bukhara), Fergana (Uzgen) and other areas, although after his death his appanage was further divided.
Below are separate lists of countries and dependencies with their land boundaries, and lists of which countries and dependencies border oceans and major seas. The first short section describes the borders or edges of continents and oceans/major seas. Disputed areas are not considered.