Transoxiana
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Transoxiana or Transoxania is the Latin name for the region and civilization located in lower Central Asia roughly corresponding to eastern Uzbekistan, western Tajikistan, southern Kyrgyzstan and part
A Chinese sancai ceramic statuette depicting a Sogdian stableman, dated to the Tang dynasty (618–907)
Genghis Khan
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Genghis Khan, also known as Chinggis Khan, 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, c
Transoxiana
…had taken shelter after Iran's conquest by the Arabs. However, it did not result in Transoxania having significant interactions with Chinese culture. Genghis Khan, founder of the Mongol Empire, invaded Transoxiana in 1219 during his conquest of Khwarezm. Before he died in 1227, he assigned the lands of Western…
Reproduction of a 1278 portrait taken from a Yuan-era album
15th-century copy of the Jami' al-tawarikh by Rashid al-Din Hamadani
The Onon River, near which Temüjin was born, pictured here in Khentii Province, Mongolia
Statue of Hö'elün located near the equestrian statue of her son at Tsonjin Boldog, Mongolia