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Karakorum: History, Former Names & Timeline

Capital of the Mongol Empire in the Orkhon valley, where envoys, craftsmen and missionaries from all over Eurasia gathered.

Map showing Karakorum in 1200Karakorum
Border map for 1200. See the world in 1200.

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Former names of Karakorum

FromNameNote
1220Kharkhorin

Timeline of Karakorum

YearEvent
1206Temüjin is proclaimed Genghis Khan by the Onon River
1235Ögedei walls the city of Karakorum
1254The Franciscan William of Rubruck arrives and debates the rival faiths
1380Ming troops burn Karakorum

Who ruled Karakorum

Derived from the border maps; each row runs until the next recorded border change.

PeriodState
500 BC–401 BCProto-Altaic pastoralists
400 BC–324 BCXiongnu
323 BC–201 BCUnclaimed / no data
200 BC–99Xiongnu
100–399Unclaimed / no data
400–599Ruanruan
600–799Göktürks
800–999Uyghurs
1000–1099Unclaimed / no data
1100–1199Cuman-Kipchak confederation
1200–1299Mongol Empire
1300–1491Great Khanate
1492–1599Chagatai Khanate
1600–1782central Asian khanates
1783–1814Qing Empire
1815–1913Manchu Empire
1914–todayMongolia