Asian Studies in Credo: Mongolia

Country in east-Central Asia, bounded north by Russia and south by China. Mongolia is a multiparty democracy with a dual executive of president and prime minister. Under its 1992 constitution it has a 76-member parliament.

From Geography of the World
The remote, sparsely populated country of Mongolia was once the centre of a vast empire.

From The Columbia Encyclopedia
Capital of the Republic of Mongolia.

Vast desert region of Central Asia in the independent state of Mongolia, and Inner Mongolia, China.

Mongol conqueror, ruler of all Mongol peoples from 1206. He conquered the empires of northern China 1211–15 and Khwarazm 1219–21, and invaded northern India in 1221, while his lieutenants advanced as far as the Crimea. When he died, his empire ranged from the Yellow Sea to the Black Sea; it continued to expand after his death to extend from Hungary to Korea. Genghis Khan controlled probably a larger area than any other individual in history. He was not only a great military leader, but the creator of a stable political system.

From Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
Grandson of Genghis Khan who conquered China and established the Yuan, or Mongol, dynasty.

Member of any of the various Mongol (or Mongolian) ethnic groups of central Asia. Mongols live in Mongolia, Russia, Inner Mongolia (China), Tibet, and Nepal. In the early 13th century, united under Genghis Khan, the Mongols from 1206 to 1226 conquered central Asia, attacked Eastern Europe and established the Mongolian Empire, a rather loosely constructed federation of tribal groups.