Mongol Empire and Successor States
Genghis Khan and his successors conquered territories across Eurasia during the thirteenth century. The empire developed into regional states ruled by different branches of his family, including the Yuan dynasty in China, the Ilkhanate in Iran, the Golden Horde and the Chagatai Khanate. Trade routes and the movement of craftspeople carried techniques and artistic forms between their territories.
Yuan emperors governed China within this wider Mongol history. The combined sites map connects the buildings and archaeological places of these states, from Buddhist foundations in China to mausoleums in Iran and towns of the Golden Horde. Individual articles identify each state’s contribution and the structures that survive.
Explore Mongol sites
Explore Mongol-era buildings across Eurasia, with maps and articles distinguishing Ilkhanid, Yuan and Golden Horde sites and their surviving remains.
Daily life
Daily Life in the Mongol Empire
See how Mongol households moved with herds, organized work and family property, preserved food, and adapted to an empire stretching across Eurasia.
History and society
From 1206 to the political fracture of 1260, Mongol rule connected mobile camps to cities and farms through courts, garrisons, taxes, trade and the yam relay system.