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Where: the Mongols, a map per page
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say "The Mongols came from the grassland north of the Gobi and rode that belt of steppe outward, building the largest land empire in history."
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deck "The Mongols, by the map"
page "Where they started" body="Open grassland between the Siberian forest and the Gobi. Herders on horseback, moving with their animals, and at home in the saddle over huge distances."
map caption="Genghis Khan united the tribes here in 1206 and built his capital at Karakorum."
area Homeland MN tone=mint
pin@onon "Onon River" 48.8,110.5
pin@ka Karakorum 47.2,102.8 +pulse
page "How far it reached" body="The steppe runs like a highway from Manchuria to Hungary, and the Mongols rode it both ways. By 1279 they held Korea to Ukraine, the Siberian forest to Persia."
map caption="Karakorum sat in the middle and rode out every way."
area "Mongol Empire" 53,140|43,131|34.7,126.5|22.3,114|24,98|34,70|25.5,57|33,44|41,31|46,30.5|54,23|60,56|55,95 tone=butter
area Raided PL|HU +dash
pin@ka2 Karakorum 47.2,102.8 +pulse
route East ka2|37.6,127 +arrow
route West ka2|50.4,30.5 +arrow
page "Four khanates" body="Too big for one ruler, it split around 1260 into four realms run by Genghis's grandsons: the Yuan in China, the Chagatai in Central Asia, the Ilkhanate in Persia and the Golden Horde on the western steppe."
map caption="One family, four realms, each drifting its own way."
area Yuan CN|MN|KR tone=butter
area Chagatai UZ|KG|TJ tone=mint
area Ilkhanate IR|IQ|AZ|AM|GE tone=lavender
area "Golden Horde" 58,30|56,56|54,70|47,80|43,70|45,50|44,40|46,30 tone=mute
pin Khanbaliq 39.9,116.4 +pulse
end