Sentence:  Historically, Russians did not immediately realize the significance of their location and only accepted the baton of <WSD>tellurocracy</WSD> after the Mongolian conquests of Ghengis Khan, whose empire was a model of <WSD>tellurocracy</WSD>. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Dominance or supremacy due to military or commercial power on land.