Archaeologists Map Ruins of Karakorum, Capital of the Mongol Empire, for the First Time Genghis Khan founded the city, located in what is now central Mongolia, around 1220 C.E.

During his travels through the Mongol empire in the 1250s, a Flemish friar described the capital, Karakorum, as an enclosed city with four gates. Now, researchers have fully mapped the city ...

What Happened: Elbegdorj, who served as Mongolia’s president from 2009 to 2017, used maps to highlight the vastness of the Mongol Empire in comparison to the size of Russia, Business Insider ...

Putin has relied on historical borders to argue Ukraine is part of Russia and to justify the war. Mongolia's former president shared a map of the Mongol Empire, which included parts of Russia. "After ...

"After Putin's talk. I found Mongolian historic map. Don't worry. We are a peaceful and free nation," Elbegdorj wrote. The maps he shared also showed how small Russia was in the 15th century. The ...