The Mongol Empire accepted and promoted many other cultures. https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2013/mongol-multiculturalism/ #History #Ilkhanate #KublaiKhan #MongkeKhan

Karakorum (aka Qaraqorum, modern name: Harhorin) is located in the Orkhon Valley of central Mongolia and was the capital of the Mongol Empire from 1235 to 1263. https://www.worldhistory.org/Karakorum/ #History #Karakorum #MongkeKhan #MongolEmpire

The Mongol Empire accepted and promoted many other cultures. https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2013/mongol-multiculturalism/ #History #Ilkhanate #KublaiKhan #MongkeKhan

Batu Khan (l. 1205-1255 CE) was a grandson of Genghis Khan and the founder of the Golden Horde. Batu was a skilled Mongol military commander and won battles from China to Persia, although his most famous exploits involve the grand Mongol campaign into Europe from 1236-1241 CE which resulted in the Mongol horde annihilating the armies of Russia, Poland, and Hungary, among others. Later Batu woul...https://www.worldhistory.org/Batu_Khan/ #BatuKhan #GoldenHorde #MongkeKhan

The Assassins (aka Nizari Ismailis), were a heretical group of Shiite Muslims who were powerful in Persia and Syria from the 11th century CE until their defeat at the hands of the Mongols in the mid-13th century CE. Secure in their fortified hilltop castles, they became infamous for their strategy of singling out opposition figures and murdering them, usually in knife-wielding teams. The group ...https://www.worldhistory.org/The_Assassins/ #CrusaderStates #Ilkhanate #MongkeKhan