What do you think of when you hear the word Asia? The first thing that comes to mind is China, India, Russia, and Japan. Well there is a small country is completely engulfed by Russia and China, Mongolia. Mongolia is the size of Western Europe and it is landlocked. Mongolia is a large country with different physical features, but a main way of life (though it is changing now-a-days).
Mongolia borders Russia and China, and its coordinates are 46 00 N, 105 00 E, and Mongolia’s capital and most populous city is Ulaanbaatar. Ulaanbaatar has 9 districts, the city is 4,70.4 km2, has a population of 1,226,991(Mongolia). Ulaanbaatar is located in The Tuul River Valley, and it is 1,351 meters above sea level. 50% of Mongolia’s population is in the capital. The first establishment in Ulaanbaatar was Ger palace, built by Jebtsundamba-Zanabazar (Ulaanbaatar).
Mongolia climate is desert and in some areas extreme continental. Mongolia has long, cold winters and short summers (Mongolia). In the North part of the country pprecipitation averages 20-35 cm per year, and in the South it averages it is 10-20 cm. In the South the Gobi Desert is located and the desert area receives little to no precipitation. The average temperature in the winter is –13oF, and in the summer the average is 65oF (Mongolia Weather). There are blizzards in the winter and dust storms in the spring
There are many Physical features of Mongolia. Most of the land is elevated. Mongolia has vast semi-arid desert plains, steppes, mountains in the West and the Gobi Desert in the South/mid part of the country. The three main mountain ranges are Altai Mountains, Khentii Mountains, and the Khangai Mountains (Sanders). Some significant physical features include the Gobi Desert, th...
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The Mongols were nomadic people that lived in tribes in Asia during the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. The joining of numerous tribes would eventually form one of the biggest empires in history. With the lack of rain though the region, the Mongols did not have wide spread agriculture, instead they would herd sheep, cattle, goats, horses, and camels that thrived on the grasses and shrubs of the steppe lands where they lived. The Mongol tribes would travel with their herds to lands with copious amounts of grasses so their animals could graze. When their herds exhausted the vegetation, they would migrate to a new area. The tribes were self-sufficient, they not only lived off the meat, milk, and hides provided by their animals, but also used them for trade purposes.
The Mongol empire and Alexander The Great’s empire were two of the most interesting and powerful empires of all time. Yet, even with many similarities there are many differences as well between these two great empires. The Mongol empire began during the 13th and 14th centuries in which it was the largest land empire in all of world history. It was located beginning in the Central Asia and eventually spread all the way to Central Europe. Alexander The Great’s empire, Macedonia, was a Greek empire located in Central Greece. Both of these giant civilizations became the biggest empires the world has ever seen.
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The central steppe region had long been inhabited by nomads who could reach all areas of Asia from the steppes on horseback. The northernmost part of Asia, which includes much of Siberia, was largely inaccessible to these steppe nomads, due to the dense forests, climate and tundra. These areas remained very sparsely populated due to the geography of the land that made living conditions difficult.1
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Map number one on page 2 of Jack Weatherford’s “Genghis Kahn and the Making of the Modern World” (Weatherford, J. McIver.) we learn that in year 1200 the Mongolian homeland was small in area, approximately 200 X 200 square miles in diameter. Two main features are shown on the map, Mt Burkhan Kaldun in the upper northeastern area and the city of Avarga located on the River Kherlen in southeastern area of the map. Map number two on page 80 (Weatherford, J. McIver.) shows the expanded Mongolian Empire in the year 1260 stretching from the Sea of Japan west to the Black Sea. The 1260 Mongolian Empire incorporates Moscow, Kiev and the Caspian Sea. The
These nomadic tribes were generally related through the male line, consisting of uncles, brothers, nephews, and their families. Due to their excessive traveling, a Mongol would only have as many possessions as he or she could carry, and they lived in what were called yurts. Yurts were lightweight tents made of wood and wool that were constructed in a manner that they could be easily and quickly dismantled. Also due to their nomadic lifestyle, the Mongols' diets mostly consisted of animal products, such as mutton or wild game, cheese and fermented milk, though occasionally they could supplement their meals with grain or vegetables acquired through trade.
To start, the mongols were able to used brutal and strategic military tactics that helped them conquer more than 4,800,000 miles of land. The Mongols leader “Genghis Khan” was a very smart and strategic leader. He organized his army into groups of ten, hundred, and one thousand. If such groups runs away or flees, the entire group was put to death. Genghis Khans army was able to succeed in conquering land due to horses. His army
The Mongol invasions of the 12th and 13th centuries were among the most world-altering political and military events of the pre-modern world, particularly had great impacts on China, Japan and Korea. Through analyzing the origins as well as process of its invasions, it is apparent to make a thesis that various reasons caused their continuous conquers, which also made a huge difference on the subsequent development of East Asian region. This following essay will discuss the historical event from the background (including internal and external), motivation, procedures, factors (military, geographical, political and social) to the effects.
In the desert portions of the country, the weather is mostly dry and arid. The days are hot and the nights are cool. The Zagros Mountains are quite different though. High altitude causes lower temperatures in the summer but causes harsh conditions in the winter months. Iran also has high winds in both regions (The climate of Iran). This makes the weather conditions very dangerous. High winds stir up dust and cause dust storms. If a dust storm catches someone by surprise and he or she cannot get to shelter in time, they may not be able to live through it. This is mainly due to the winds being hurricane
parts of the Mongolian legacy that are very important and that have changed the history of the
The Mongols are well known in history as the largest contiguous empire in human history. At the Empire 's height, the Mongols occupied 11 to 12 million contiguous square miles and Genghis Khan, the ruler of the Mongols, liberated the people of the land he conquered. With all of the land Genghis Khan had acquired, trade flow was crucial to the survival of the Mongols. As of with great powers, they fall as quickly as they rise. Following the death of Genghis Khan in 1227, unrest within the Empire grew. The end of the great Mongolian Empire was slow, but eventually it fell to its lowest by the early 14th century. The Mongols rose under a great Khan, who conquered most of what became the Mongolian Empire. After his death the leaders of the Mongol