<Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Mongol Empire Ikh Mongol Uls </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> 1206--1368 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Expansion of the Mongol Empire 1206--1294 superimposed on a modern political map of Eurasia </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Status </Th> <Td> Nomadic empire </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Capital </Th> <Td> <Ul> <Li> 1206--1235: Avarga </Li> <Li> 1235--1260: Karakorum </Li> <Li> 1260--1368: Khanbaliq (Dadu) </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Common languages </Th> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Mongolian </Li> <Li> Turkic </Li> <Li> Chinese </Li> <Li> Persian and other languages </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Religion </Th> <Td> <Dl> <Dt> Initially </Dt> <Dd> <Ul> <Li> Tengrism </Li> <Li> Shamanism </Li> </Ul> </Dd> <Dt> Later </Dt> <Dd> <Ul> <Li> Islam </Li> <Li> Buddhism </Li> <Li> Nestorianism </Li> </Ul> </Dd> </Dl> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Government </Th> <Td> Elective monarchy Later also hereditary </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Great Khan </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 1206--1227 </Th> <Td> Genghis Khan </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 1229--1241 </Th> <Td> Ögedei Khan </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 1246--1248 </Th> <Td> Güyük Khan </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 1251--1259 </Th> <Td> Möngke Khan </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 1260--1294 </Th> <Td> Kublai Khan (nominal) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 1333--1368 </Th> <Td> Toghan Temür Khan (nominal) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Legislature </Th> <Td> Kurultai </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Genghis Khan proclaims the Mongol Empire </Th> <Td> 1206 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Death of Genghis Khan </Th> <Td> 1227 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Pax Mongolica </Th> <Td> 1250--1350 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Empire fragments </Th> <Td> 1260--1294 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Fall of Yuan dynasty </Th> <Td> 1368 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Collapse of the Chagatai Khanate </Th> <Td> 1687 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Area </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 1206 (unification of Mongolia) </Th> <Td> 4,000,000 km (1,500,000 sq mi) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 1227 (Genghis Khan's death) </Th> <Td> 13,500,000 km (5,200,000 sq mi) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 1294 (Kublai's death) </Th> <Td> 23,500,000 km (9,100,000 sq mi) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 1309 (last formal reunification) </Th> <Td> 24,000,000 km (9,300,000 sq mi) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Currency </Th> <Td> Various </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Td> Preceded by </Td> <Td> Succeeded by </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Khamag Mongol </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Khwarazmian Empire </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Qara Khitai </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Jīn dynasty </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Song dynasty </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Western Xia </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Abbasid Caliphate </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Nizari Ismaili state </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Kievan Rus' </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Volga Bulgaria </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Cumania </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Alania </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Kingdom of Dali </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Kimek Khanate </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Goryeo </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> <Td> <Table> <Tr> <Td> Chagatai Khanate </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Golden Horde </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Ilkhanate </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Yuan dynasty </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Northern Yuan dynasty </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Timurid Empire </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Anatolian Beyliks </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Mamluk Sultanate </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Kingdom of Poland </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Grand Duchy of Lithuania </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Ming dynasty </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Joseon </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Ol> <Li> Jump up ^ Karakorum was founded in 1220 and served as capital from 1235 to 1260 . </Li> <Li> Jump up ^ Following the death of Möngke Khan in 1259, no one city served as capital . Khanbaliq (Dadu), modern - day Beijing, was the Yuan capital between 1271 and 1368 . </Li> <Li> Jump up ^ Including coins such as dirhams and paper currencies based on silver (sukhe) or silk, or the later small amounts of Chinese coins and paper Chao currency of the Yuan dynasty . </Li> </Ol> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Mongol Empire Ikh Mongol Uls </Th> </Tr>

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