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Karakorum (1235)

1235 — In the Orkhon valley, Ögedei walls a capital that brings people and faiths together: mosques, churches and temples stand alongside a silver drink-fountain made by a captured Parisian goldsmith. Friar William of Rubruck later debates theology before the khan here, in a city where Europe is far from the center of the world.

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Turning point
Chapter
How the Mongol Empire was governed (chapter 7 of Mongol Empire)
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The Mongol Empire, 1206–1294
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TURNING POINT · THE MONGOL EMPIRE, 1206–1294

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