News Stories in category: Mongolia

The Great Khans and the Mongol Imperium

Story posted: 20. May 2011 by CPA Media

Pictures From History / Themes / GREAT KHANS

 

 

The Great Khans and the Mongol Imperium

 

SEE ALL RELATED IMAGES

 

In the 13th century a new and unexpected power exploded onto the Central Asian scene, rapidly conquering the entire length of the Silk Road from Chang’an in the east to Antakya in the west under a single empire for the first time in history, and producing as a consequence the last great flourishing of Silk Road trade before the latter’s decline and gradual disappearance in the 15th and 16th centuries. The…

Read the full story

Category: Mongolia