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The following is an incomplete list of major wars fought by Mongolia, by Mongolian people or regular armies during periods when independent Mongolian states existed, from antiquity to the present day. The list gives the name, the date, combatants, and the result of these conflicts following this legend: Mongolian victory Mongolian defeat
The Mongol conquests resulted in widespread and well-documented death and destruction throughout Eurasia, as the Mongol army invaded hundreds of cities and killed millions of people. One estimate is that approximately 10% of the contemporary global population, amounting to some 37.75–60 million people, was killed either during or immediately ...
Tsedenbal was the longest-serving leader of modern Mongolia and any Eastern Bloc country, serving until his expulsion with Soviet support in 1984. He retired to Moscow and died in 1991, and his legacy has been considered a controversial one since the 1990 democratic revolution.
Genghis Khan [a] (born Temüjin; c. 1162 – August 1227), also known as Chinggis Khan, [b] was the founder and first khan of the Mongol Empire.After spending most of his life uniting the Mongol tribes, he launched a series of military campaigns, conquering large parts of China and Central Asia.
The second Khan of the Mongol Empire. Töregene Khatun: 1242 - 1246 Regent of the Mongol Empire until the election of her son, Güyük Khan. Güyük Khan: August 24, 1246 - April 20, 1248 The third Khan of the Mongol Empire. Oghul Qaimish: 1248 - 1251 Regent of the Mongol Empire until her death in 1251. Möngke Khan: July 1, 1251 - August 11, 1259
If, as later writers allege, al-Alqami had betrayed Baghdad to the Mongols, Hulegu would have had him executed—such was the Mongol policy regarding all traitors. Instead, because of his efforts to dissuade the caliph from a foolish path, he was reappointed to the vizierate, although he died less than three months later. [53]
In 1956, after Nikita Khrushchev's denunciation of Stalin, Chinese leaders attempted to present Mongolia's independence as one of Stalin's mistakes. The Soviet response was that the Mongols were free to decide their own fate. [9] Choibalsan died of cancer in Moscow in 1952, and was replaced as prime minister by Tsedenbal.
When he died at dawn on 11 December 1241, after a late-night drinking bout with Abd-ur-Rahman, the people blamed the sister of Tolui's widow and Abd-ur-Rahman. The Mongol aristocrats recognized, however, that the khan's own lack of self-control had killed him. The sudden death of Tolui in 1232 seems to have affected Ögedei deeply.