Merkit
12th-century tribal confederation of the Mongolian Plateau / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Merkit (literally "skillful/wise ones"; Mongolian: ᠮᠡᠷᠬᠢᠳ ; Мэргид, romanized: Mergid; simplified Chinese: 蔑儿乞; traditional Chinese: 蔑兒乞; pinyin: Miè'érqǐ) was one of the five major tribal confederations (khanlig) of probably Mongol[1][2][3][4] or Turkic origin[5][6][note 1] in the 12th century Mongolian Plateau.
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Merkit Three Mergids | |||||||||||
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11th century–1200 | |||||||||||
Status | nomadic confederacy | ||||||||||
Capital | Not specified | ||||||||||
Religion | Shamanism | ||||||||||
Government | Elective monarchy | ||||||||||
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Historical era | Post-classical Central Asia | ||||||||||
• Established | 11th century | ||||||||||
• Disestablished | 1200 | ||||||||||
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Today part of | Mongolia Russia (Buryatia) |
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The Merkits lived in the basins of the Selenga and lower Orkhon River (modern south Buryatia and Selenge Province).[8] After a struggle of over 20 years, they were defeated in 1200 by Genghis Khan and were incorporated into the Mongol Empire.