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23 October 2025
The End of Güyük
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Güyük Khan was making plans to conquer Europe. He had been part of the invasion of Eastern and Central Europe, and wished to continue. The M...
21 October 2025
They Wanted a Boy
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When Güyük Khan died, Batu Khan started making decisions toward the election of the next Grand Khan. He didn't want the position himse...
20 October 2025
The End of Batu Khan
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After the death of Güyük Khan, Batu Khan saw an opportunity to take the overlordship away from the Ögedei clan and bring it to his own lin...
19 October 2025
Invading Europe
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Batu Khan's military successes inspired Ögedei Khan to have him invade Europe. He had already conquered the Crimean Peninsula. Spies we...
18 October 2025
Batu Khan
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History tells stories of Genghis Khan and his Mongol hordes and Kublai Khan meeting Marco Polo, but Batu Khan is a name that is less-known b...
17 October 2025
Mongol Women and Influence
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Sorghaghtani Beki stood firm after the death of her husband: she would not re-marry into the family (as was often Mongol custom), even at t...
04 April 2024
John of Plano Carpini
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Marco Polo is known for traveling to the Far East from Europe and observing things unknown to Europeans, but there were many travelers from ...
08 September 2023
The Golden Horde
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The name "Golden Horde" for the northwestern section of the Mongolian Empire is the English translation of a borrowed phrase from ...
07 September 2023
Mongolian Civil War
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The death of Möngke Khan in 1259 led to the Toluid Civil War, a fight between two of the remaining sons of Toluid over who would succeed Mön...
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