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Not to be confused with Mughal Empire.

Mongol Empire ᠶᠡᠬᠡ ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠣᠯ ᠤᠶᠯᠤᠰ '
1206–1368
Expansion of the Mongol Empire 1206–1294 superimposed on a modern political map of Eurasia
Status	Nomadic empire
Capital	1206–1235:  Avarga 1235–1260:  Karakorum 1260–1368:  Khanbaliq (Dadu)
Common languages	Mongolian Turkic Chinese Persian and other languages
Religion	Initially Tengrism Shamanism Later Islam Buddhism Nestorianism
Government	Elective monarchy Later also hereditary
Great Khan (Emperor)
• 1206–1227	Genghis Khan
• 1229–1241	Ögedei Khan
• 1246–1248	Güyük Khan
• 1251–1259	Möngke Khan
• 1260–1294	Kublai Khan (nominal)
• 1333–1368	Toghan Temür, Khan (nominal)
Legislature	Kurultai
History
• Genghis Khan proclaims the Mongol Empire	1206
• Death of Genghis Khan	1227
• Pax Mongolica	1250–1350
• Empire fragments	1260–1294
• Fall of Yuan dynasty	1368
• Collapse of the Chagatai Khanate	1687
Area
1206 (unification of Mongolia)	4,000,000 km2 (1,500,000 sq mi)
1227 (Genghis Khan's death)	13,500,000 km2 (5,200,000 sq mi)
1279 (Its greatest extent)	33,000,000 km2 (13,000,000 sq mi)
1294 (Kublai's death)	23,500,000 km2 (9,100,000 sq mi)
1309 (last formal reunification)	24,000,000 km2 (9,300,000 sq mi)
Currency	Various
Preceded by Succeeded by Khamag Mongol Khwarazmian Empire Qara Khitai Jīn dynasty Song dynasty Western Xia Abbasid Caliphate Nizari Ismaili state Kievan Rus' Volga Bulgaria Cumania Alania Kingdom of Dali Kimek Khanate Goryeo Sultanate of Rum Chagatai Khanate Golden Horde Ilkhanate Yuan dynasty Northern Yuan dynasty Timurid Empire Anatolian Beyliks Mamluk Sultanate Kingdom of Poland Grand Duchy of Lithuania Ming dynasty Joseon
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