Mongols Summary

Buriat Religion BURIAT RELIGION. The Buriats, northern Mongols, are the most significant minority native to eastern Siberia. They are not a homogeneous body; there are two cultural extremes, between w... Read more

Mongols The Mongols first appear in Chinese sources at the end of the Tang dynasty (618–907), but must have been a linguistically distinct people long before then, since the Mongolian language&... Read more

Mongolia and Europe: Personal Accounts of Cultural Overlap and Collision Overview For European explorers, merchants, and adventurers, the Orient presented a considerable challenge and exerted a powerf... Read more

In the 13th century, 1281, the Mongols, lead by Genghis Khan, attacked Japan.  As the Mongols were about to overpower the Japanese when a giant typhoon swept through the Mongolian camps.  Th... Read more