Mongols
The Mongols are a Mongolic-speaking ethnic group native to Mongolia and parts of northern China and Russia. Traditionally, they were a nomadic, pastoral people organized into clans and tribes, with a culture centered on horse-based mobility, steppe diplomacy, and seasonal migrations. Their languages belong to the Mongolic language family.
In the late 12th and early 13th centuries, Genghis Khan united the Mongol tribes and founded the
At its height, the empire encompassed several semi-independent khanates. After 1260, four main divisions emerged: the
Religiously, the Mongols were diverse and generally tolerant, adopting Tengriism in earlier times while incorporating Buddhism,
By the 14th century, internal strife, succession conflicts, and plague contributed to the fragmentation of the