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  2. International Institute for the Study of Nomadic Civilizations

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    Some of the institute's missions include studying the contribution of nomads to civilizations of the world; facilitating intercultural dialogues; preserving the nomadic culture and civilizations; advising the policymakers and politicians on the making and implementation of policies by providing them with scientific recommendations; creating an ...

  3. Architecture of Mongolia - Wikipedia

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    The yurt, traditional dwelling of Mongolian nomads, is a circular structure supported by a collapsible wooden frame and covered with wool felt. In Mongolian, a yurt is known as a ger (гэр). During the 12th and 13th centuries, ger-tereg (yurts on carts) were built for rulers.

  4. Culture of Mongolia - Wikipedia

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    Üzemchin Mongols Mongolian artists in national costumes. Mongolian traditional clothing has changed little since the days of the empire because it is supremely well-adapted to the conditions of life on the steppe and the daily activities of pastoral nomads.

  5. Education in Mongolia - Wikipedia

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    About 100,000 of Mongolia's 1,200,000 adults are taking part in some form of distance education. [8] The program often uses radio communications to overcome the problem of distance. This is particularly suitable to nomads, since their mobile lifestyles are not conducive to landline communications. The focus of these distance education programs ...

  6. Pan-Mongolism - Wikipedia

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    Ja Lama built an Oirat fiefdom centered around Kovd, [27] he and fellow Oirats from Altai wanted to emulate the original Oirat empire and build another grand united Oirat nation from the nomads of western China and Mongolia, [28] but was arrested by Russian Cossacks and deported in 1914 on the request of the Mongolian government after the local ...

  7. American Center for Mongolian Studies - Wikipedia

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    American Center for Mongolian Studies office in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. The American Center for Mongolian Studies (ACMS; Mongolian: Америкийн Монгол Судлалын Төв) is a US registered 501(c)3 not-for-profit, academic organization which promotes research and scholarship in Inner Asia, a broad region consisting of Mongolia and parts of China, Russia and Central Asia ...

  8. Schools shut as tremors shake Greece’s ‘Instagram island’

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    The Greek island of Santorini is being rattled by dozens of tremors, prompting authorities to close schools and airlines to announce additional flights on Monday to help people leave the popular ...

  9. Mongolian studies - Wikipedia

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    The development of Mongolian studies in China in the early years after the establishment of the People's Republic of China drew heavily on Russian works. [9] One of the first tertiary-level centres for Mongolian studies in China, the Institute of Mongolia at Inner Mongolia University, was founded in 1964. [10]