Mongol Empire · TURNING POINT ·
Karakorum (1235)
1235 — Ögedei walls a capital in the Orkhon valley: a cosmopolis of mosques, churches, temples and a silver drink-fountain built by a captured Parisian goldsmith. Friar William of Rubruck debates theology here before the khan — and finds Europe is not the center of anyone’s map.
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- How the Mongol Empire was governed (chapter 7 of Mongol Empire)
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- The Mongol Empire, 1206–1294
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