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The culture of Mongolia has been shaped by the country's nomadic tradition and its position at the crossroads of various empires and civilizations. Mongolian culture is influenced by the cultures of the Mongolic , Turkic , and East Asian peoples, as well as by the country's geography and its history of political and economic interactions with ...
In modern-day Mongolia, Mongols make up approximately 95% of the population, with the largest ethnic group being Khalkha Mongols, followed by Buryats, both belonging to the Eastern Mongolian peoples. They are followed by Oirats, who belong to the Western Mongolian peoples.
The name Mongolia means the "Land of the Mongols" in Latin. The Mongolian word "Mongol" (монгол) is of uncertain etymology.Sükhbataar (1992) and de la Vaissière (2021) proposed it being a derivation from Mugulü, the 4th-century founder of the Rouran Khaganate, [13] first attested as the 'Mungu', [14] (Chinese: 蒙兀, Modern Chinese Měngwù, Middle Chinese Muwngu), [15] a branch of ...
Volkov, Vitaliĭ Vasil’evich. "Early nomads of Mongolia." in Nomads of the Eurasian steppes in the Early Iron Age ed by Jeannine Davis-Kimball, et al. (1995): 318-332 online. Weatherford, Jack. Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World (2005) a best-seller excerpt.
They encountered the Tuvan Keshdims, Baits, and Teleks. This was the beginning of Mongol suzerainty over the Tuvans. After the collapse of the Naiman Khanate, Tuvans moved to modern Mongolia and some Naimans moved to modern Kazakhstan territory. Tuvans came to be ruled for most of the 17th century by Khalka Mongol leader Sholoi Ubashi Altan-Khan.
Eurasian steppe nomads shared common Earth-rooted cosmological beliefs based on the themes of sky worship. [18] Ancient Turkic origin myths often reference caves or mines as a source of their ancestors, which reflects the importance of iron making among their ancestors. [18] Ageism was a feature of ancient Eurasian nomad culture. [19]
In modern times, Kalmykia has friendly diplomatic and cultural ties with Mongolia. [ citation needed ] In the context of the Russian invasion of Ukraine since 2022, the Kalmyks have been reported as one of Russia's ethnic minority groups suffering from a disproportionally large casualty rate among Russian forces.
Roma mother and child Nomads on the Changtang, Ladakh Rider in Mongolia, 2012. While nomadic life is less common in modern times, the horse remains a national symbol in Mongolia. Beja nomads from Northeast Africa. Nomads are communities who move from place to place as a way of obtaining food, finding pasture for livestock, or otherwise making a ...