At the beginning of the 13th century, infamous leader Genghis Khan united the Mongols under a common goal — invading the Chinese empire. The land fell to the Mongols in an era that would later be ...

was also called Eight White Yurts, which were built in the mausoleum to memorialize Genghis Khan, his consorts, his brothers, his fourth son, Tule, and Tule's consort. In the Yuan Dynasty ...

The Society for Song, Yuan, and Conquest Dynasty Studies is an international society committed to the encouragement of the study of Chinese—as well as Jürchen, Khitan, Tangut, and Mongol—history, ...