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Orkhon Valley (552)
On the Mongol Empire map as “The Orkhon valley”
Since 552 — Ötüken, in the Orkhon valley, was the sacred heartland of the steppe. The Türk khaganates and the Uyghurs had crowned themselves there, and the Mongols followed them. To hold this valley was to hold a claim to Heaven’s favor.
When Since 552 Type Turning point Chapter Mongolia before Genghis Khan (chapter 1 of Mongol Empire)Atlas The Mongol Empire, 1206–1294 TURNING POINT · THE MONGOL EMPIRE, 1206–1294 These maps are reconstructed from published sources · Cliopatria v0.2.1 — historical political boundaries · Natural Earth — physical reference geography
Source details Cliopatria contributors / Seshat Global History Databank. CC BY 4.0 · Selected dated polygons; documented unions, differences and shared edges for event-specific reconstructions; projected for display. Natural Earth. Public domain Published polity extents are used at the date resolution available in their sources. Hatched affected regions and route arrows are educational reconstructions; the source details distinguish them from imported boundaries.
Chapter anchor 1206.3 uses the existing snapshot s1206 (1206.5). The lesson date remains separate from the source reference dates.
reconstruction: 1169–1226 · reconstruction: 1188–1235 · reconstruction: 1202–1215 · reconstruction: 1202–1219 · reconstruction: 1202–1249 · reconstruction: 1206–1209 · reconstruction: 1206–1215 · vector: 1056–1249 · vector: 1072–1226 · vector: 1072–1235 · vector: 1072–1249 · vector: 1072–1325 · vector: 1072–1374 · vector: 1094–1235 · vector: 1099–1226 · vector: 1111–1278 · vector: 1126–1226 · vector: 1139–1215 · vector: 1139–1226 · vector: 1139–1235 · vector: 1139–1240 · vector: 1139–1259 · vector: 1147–1209 · vector: 1152–1235 · vector: 1169–1226 · vector: 1169–1235 · vector: 1177–1215 · vector: 1188–1219 · vector: 1188–1240 · vector: 1188–1259 · vector: 1188–1271 · vector: 1188–1284 · vector: 1188–1304 · vector: 1192–1209 · vector: 1192–1235 · vector: 1192–1325 · vector: 1192–1362 · vector: 1202–1209 · vector: 1202–1219 · vector: 1202–1235 · vector: 1202–1240 · vector: 1202–1249 · vector: 1202–1259 · vector: 1202–1374 · vector: 1202–1743 · vector: 1206 · vector: 1206–1209 · vector: 1206–1215 · vector: 1206–1219 · vector: 1206–1226 · vector: 1206–1235 · vector: 1206–1240 · vector: 602–1501 · vector: 936–1271
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