William of Rubruck wrote that when he first encountered the Mongols, he felt as if he were entering another world. As France and Mongolia celebrate 60 years of diplomatic relations, it is ...

In 1915 the Sino-Russo-Mongolian tripartite agreement established Mongol autonomy under Chinese suzerainty, but the régime was short-lived, and in 1921 Urga, the capital, was occupied by Soviet troops ...

“Naadam has become (part of) the national identity of Mongols.” It wasn’t until 1921 that Naadam was officially declared an ...

The Mongolian Tuuli is an oral tradition comprising heroic epics that run from hundreds ... Today, the number of epic trainers and learners is decreasing. With the gradual disappearance of the Mongol ...

Mongolian Naadam is inseparably connected to the nomadic civilization of the Mongols, who have long practised pastoralism on Central Asia's vast steppe. Oral traditions, performing arts, national ...

KYOTO--An iron helmet believed worn by a Mongol warrior during a 13th-century ... which ruled present-day Mongolia, China and other regions between 1271 and 1368, shrine officials said in December.