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The name Mongolia means the "Land of the Mongols" in Latin. The Mongolian word "Mongol" (монгол) is of uncertain etymology.Sükhbataar (1992) and de la Vaissière (2021) proposed it being a derivation from Mugulü, the 4th-century founder of the Rouran Khaganate, [13] first attested as the 'Mungu', [14] (Chinese: 蒙兀, Modern Chinese Měngwù, Middle Chinese Muwngu), [15] a branch of ...
A History of Russia, Central Asia and Mongolia, Volume II: Inner Eurasia from the Mongol Empire to Today, 1260-2000 (John Wiley & Sons, 2018). excerpt; Kaplonski, Christopher. Truth, history and politics in Mongolia: Memory of heroes (Routledge, 2004). Sanders, Alan J. K. (2010). Historical Dictionary of Mongolia. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0810874520
Egypt–Mongolia relations date back to the wars between Egypt and the Mongol Empire from 1260 to 1335 AD. [1] Official relations between the modern states were established in 1964. [2] Cairo currently hosts Mongolia's only embassy on the African continent. [3] The countries have signed various agreements on bilateral cooperation. [4]
After returning to Mongolia, he met other like-minded people and tried to present those ideas to a wider audience, [1] despite attempts of repression from the Politburo-authority of the government, [2] and threats by his employer to lose his job. In October 1989, New Generation, an underground resistance movement was formed. [3]
There were many kingdoms and empires in all regions of the continent of Africa throughout history. A kingdom is a state with a king or queen as its head. [1] An empire is a political unit made up of several territories, military outposts, and peoples, "usually created by conquest, and divided between a dominant centre and subordinate peripheries".
With the independence of Outer Mongolia, the Mongolian army controlled Khalkha and Khovd regions (modern day Uvs, Khovd, and Bayan-Ölgii provinces), but Northern Xinjiang (the Altai and Ili regions of the Qing empire), Upper Mongolia, Barga and Inner Mongolia came under control of the newly formed Republic of China.
An enlargeable topographic map of Mongolia. Geography of Mongolia. Mongolia is: a landlocked country; Location: Northern Hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere; Eurasia. Asia. Central Asia; East Asia; Time zones: Eastern and Central – UTC+08; Western – UTC+07; Extreme points of Mongolia High: Khüiten Peak 4,374 m (14,350 ft) Low: Hoh Nuur 518 m ...
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