The rise of the Mongol Empire under Temujin, or Genghis Khan, was a seminal moment in world history. The conquests of the ...

In the middle of 13th century, the Mongol army already captured Kiev in 1240, took Alamut in 1256 and Baghdad in 1258, deposing and executing the last Abbasid Khalif Mustasim ‘ billah.

the most commonly found items were utensils used by the people of China’s Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279), which had been destroyed by the Mongol army, and also spoons from the subjugated ...