Tag: Mongol Empire

The Reign of the Mongols

May 30, 2022 justin-david-hebert Kamakura, Season 7 Comments Off on The Reign of the Mongols
Season 7, Episode 11: The Reign of the Mongols
A statue of Ogedei Khan in Gachuurt, Mongolia. Source: Enerelt at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
One of the early Mongol invasions of Korea. Source: Qiushufang, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
A map of the Mongol Empire’s war against the Song Dynasty. Source: SS, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
The division of the Mongol Empire. The Yuan Dynasty, Chagatai Khanate, Golden Horde, and Ilkhanate were all successor states to the largest empire ever made. Source: derivative work: Wengier (talk)Asia_in_1345.svg: Teaandcrumpets, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
A portrait of Kublai Khan, the Yuan Dynasty Emperor of China who tried to conquer Japan. Source: Public Domain
A time-lapse of the Mongol Empire, overlaid upon modern national borders. Source: User:Astrokey44, modified by Sting, CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons

The Rise of the Mongols

May 26, 2022 justin-david-hebert Kamakura, Season 7 2 Comments
Season 7, Episode 10: The Rise of the Mongols
Part of the Onon River where it is believed young Temujin grew up. Source: Fan111, CC BY-SA 3.0,
A portrait of Genghis Khan, made many years after his death. Source: Public Domain
A map of the Mongol Empire in 1207. Source: Khiruge, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
This map shows the movements of both Genghis Khan and his various Generals throughout the early part of the 1200s. Source: derivative work Bkkbrad / *File:Gengis Khan empire-fr.svg: historicair 17:01, 8 October 2007 (UTC), CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons
The Mongol Empire in 1227, at the end of Genghis Khan’s life. Big as it was, his successors would manage to expand its borders even further. Source: Public Domain
A monument dedicated to Genghis Khan in modern-day Mongolia. Source: Fanghong, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
The Mausoleum of Genghis Khan in present-day Mongolia. While this buidling is quite lovely, the actual resting place of Genghis Khan is not known. Source: Fanghong, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons