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Expansion of the Mongol Empire

The Mongol invasions (also Turco-Mongol¹) progressed throughout the 13th century, resulting in the vast Mongol Empire covering much of Asia by 1300.

The Mongol Empire emerged in the course of the 13th century by a series of conquests and invasions throughout Central and Western Asia, reaching Eastern Europe by the 1240s. The speed and extent of territorial expansion parallels the Hunnic/Turkic conquests of the Migration period (the 6th century Turkic Khaganate).

The territorial gains of the Mongols persisted into the 15th century in Persia (Timurid dynasty) and in Russia (Tatar and Mongol raids), and into the 19th century in India (the Mughal Empire).

References

^ Morgan, David. The Mongols. Blackwell Publishing, 1990. [1]: "The tribes of Mongolia in the twelfth century have to be described as 'Turko-Mongol' since it is by no means clear in all cases which were Turkish and which Mongol."