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Not to be confused with Mughal Empire.
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Mongol Empire ᠶᠡᠬᠡ ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠣᠯ ᠤᠶᠯᠤᠰ ' | |
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1206–1368 | |
Status | Nomadic empire |
Capital | |
Common languages | |
Religion |
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Government | Elective monarchy Later also hereditary |
Great Khan (Emperor[note 3]) | |
• 1206–1227 | Genghis Khan |
• 1229–1241 | Ögedei Khan |
• 1246–1248 | Güyük Khan |
• 1251–1259 | Möngke Khan |
• 1260–1294 | Kublai Khan (nominal) |
• 1333–1368 | Toghan Temür, Khan (nominal) |
Legislature | Kurultai |
History | |
• Genghis Khan proclaims the Mongol Empire | 1206 |
• Death of Genghis Khan | 1227 |
1250–1350 | |
1260–1294 | |
• Fall of Yuan dynasty | 1368 |
• Collapse of the Chagatai Khanate | 1687 |
Area | |
1206 (unification of Mongolia)[1] | 4,000,000 km2 (1,500,000 sq mi) |
1227 (Genghis Khan's death)[1] | 13,500,000 km2 (5,200,000 sq mi) |
1279 (Its greatest extent) [1] | 33,000,000 km2 (13,000,000 sq mi) |
1294 (Kublai's death)[1] | 23,500,000 km2 (9,100,000 sq mi) |
1309 (last formal reunification)[1] | 24,000,000 km2 (9,300,000 sq mi) |
Currency | Various[note 4] |
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- Following the death of Möngke Khan in 1259, no one city functioned as a capital. Khanbaliq (Dadu), modern-day Beijing, served as the Yuan capital between 1271 and 1368.
- Before Kublai Khan announced the dynastic name "Great Yuan" in 1271, Khagans (Great Khans) of the Mongol State (Ikh Mongol Uls) already started to use the Chinese title of Emperor (Chinese: 皇帝; pinyin: Huángdì) practically in the Chinese language since Genghis Khan (as 成吉思皇帝; 'Genghis Emperor').
- Including coins such as dirhams and paper currencies based on silver ( sukhe) or silk, or the later small amounts of Chinese coins and paper Jiaochao currency of the Yuan dynasty.
- Rein Taagepera (September 1997). "Expansion and Contraction Patterns of Large Polities: Context for Russia". International Studies Quarterly. 41 (3): 475–504. doi:10.1111/0020-8833.00053. JSTOR 2600793. Archived from the original on 19 November 2018. Retrieved 8 December 2018.