Mongols were nomads who lived on the great plains of central Asia. They were wanderers and herded huge flocks of sheep, goats, cattle and horses. They lived in tent villages that they could quickly pack up and take with them when they moved on the find new pastures.
They were expert horsemen and very trained warriors. Under the Great Genghis Khan, they formed a mighty army in the 1200s and swept through China, India, Persia, and as far west as Hungary.
Under the Great Khan and later his grandson Kublai Khan, the Mongols controlled half of the known world. But they were unable to hold the empire together and within 100 years, the Chinese took over the Mongol empire.
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