The Mongol Empire, the largest by far ever in the world (China was a conquered vassal territory), left behind Russia, the largest state ever, except for the Mongol Empire, in its wake.
The Mongols were virtually illiterate, having only a spoken language apparently. Their written languages, such as the scant evidence is, came from the Middle East, and from Buddhist sources originally from India.
The Mongols were virtually illiterate, having only a spoken language apparently. Their written languages, such as the scant evidence is, came from the Middle East, and from Buddhist sources originally from India.
The Roman Empire left the Eastern Empire, ultimately the Eastern Orthodox Empire, until 1453, I believe, in its wake. The Holy Roman Empire, also as it emerged, was not very large, by contrast.
Russia, throwing off the Mongol yoke, adopted Orthodoxy, but that was not, after all, why it was large.
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