Karakorum (mng)

Karakorum

Karakorum ranks 25,882nd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Ntoum, Omboué, and Flims. The most famous people from Karakorum are Jochi. The most famous people who died in Karakorum are Kaidu, Biligtü Khan Ayushiridara, and Yelü Chucai. Karakorum has been the birth place of many military personnels and the death place of many politicians. Karakorum is located in Mongolia.

Karakorum was the capital of the Mongol Empire between 1235 and 1260 and of the Northern Yuan dynasty in the late 14th and 15th centuries. Its ruins lie in the northwestern corner of the Övörkhangai Province of modern-day Mongolia, near the present town of Kharkhorin and adjacent to the Erdene Zuu Monastery, which is likely the oldest surviving Buddhist monastery in Mongolia. They are located in the upper part of the World Heritage Site Orkhon Valley. Read more on Wikipedia