khanate
Central Asian state
A khanate is a territory ruled by a khan—a title for rulers in Central Asian and Mongol traditions.
Historical khanates include the Khanate of the Golden Horde and the Crimean Khanate.
The term appears in discussions of medieval Eurasian history and strategy games: The player expanded their khanate across the steppes.
Homeless wanderer by choice
- yurtFelt-covered nomad tent
- gerPortable nomadic tent
- hordeDisorganized, overwhelming crowd
- EurasiaCombined continental mass
Altai · Gobi · Caspian · Ural · caravan · Silk Road · tribal · horseman
Land under jurisdiction
- domainArea of control
- sultanateSultan-ruled state
- caliphateIslamic successor-led government
- emirateIslamic monarch's domain
principality · satrapy · fiefdom · protectorate · governorate · vassal · tributary · province
Mongol emperor's name
Supreme independent authority
- successionFollowing in order
- dynastySuccessive family rulers
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- hereditaryPassed through generations
throne · regent · aristocracy · nobility · clan · house · bloodline · inheritance
nomad
Homeless wanderer by choice
Eurasia · Altai · Gobi · Caspian · Ural · caravan · Silk Road · tribal · horseman · bowmanship
territory
Land under jurisdiction
emirate · principality · satrapy · fiefdom · protectorate · governorate · vassal · tributary · province · border
Genghis
Mongol emperor's name
sovereignty
Supreme independent authority
- successionFollowing in order
- dynastySuccessive family rulers
- lineageDescent from progenitors
hereditary · throne · regent · aristocracy · nobility · clan · house · bloodline · inheritance · governance
- monarchiesmonarch, monarchy, kingdom, realm, sultanate
- territoriesprovince, state, region, country, colony
- Central AsiaKazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan
- Eurasian HistoryOttoman Empire, Mongol Empire, Byzantine, Byzantium, Constantinople
- Mongol EmpireMongol Empire, Mongols, horde, Pax Mongolica, Chagatai
- Mongolian cultureger, morin khuur, nomad, steppe, yurt
khanaterepublic
State with elected leaders
democracy · kingdom · papacy · theocracy · city-state
khanatecity-state
Self-governing urban territory
feudal monarchy · Roman Empire · Byzantine Empire · Ming Dynasty
- Crimean KhanateTatar state in peninsula