Mongolian Dynasty

72AD - 232AD

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The **Mongolian Dynasty** was a major empire located in Central Asia during the early to late Classic Era. Originating from Mongolia, it would eventually grow to encompass all of Central Asia, much of Ukraine, Russia, the northern Caucasus, Iran, India, and parts of China and southern Siberia. They also held overseas colonies in areas such as the northern Arctic regions of North America, southern Africa, southern Brazil, and some of the Indonesian islands. The nation would go through a civil war, but managed to emerge from it as the strongest power in Asia for some time.

In the following years, the Mongolian leadership slowly became disconnected from the people, and much of the population would rise up in the *rebellions of 160AD*, leading Mongolia to pull from most of its external territory, leaving it left with only areas around Mongolia for several many years following the rebellions. After decades of inactivity, Mongolia would begin expanding under Temujin, expanding back into former and new lands, and slowly modernizing. This short-lived revival would not last long, as the solar flare would end up destroying the nation in 232AD.

## History of the Mongolian Dynasty

### Early history

The Mongolian Dynasty was established in 72AD after a union between many of the Mongolian tribes. Under the leadership of Yesugei, the Mongol tribes and clans in the west joined forces to create the Mongolian Dynasty. At this time, it only controlled Mongolia itself. After a short reign as khan, Yesugei left one of his close friends, Möngke, as the next Khan. After a ceremony, he would leave Mongolia, traveling eastwards, and he would not be seen again. With the transfer of leadership, Möngke Khan took control over the fledgling khanate.

His first conquests were towards Manchuria, connecting to the coast. Following this, they expanded southwards and bordered the weakened Han Dynasty. They also established relations with the Byzantine Empire, and would join their alliance. The Mongolians eventually reached the coastline of Vietnam, and took the land between them and China. Later, they would split the Han Dynasty between them and the Colonials. They also expanded further into central Asia, cementing themselves as a major power in the continent.

They would colonize part of southern Iran, and connect it to their main territory. Afterwards, they focused mainly on expanding into central Asia. They also began to establish colonies, in areas such as Alaska, southern Brazil and in Mozambique.

### Civil War and peak of power

Just before Möngke Khan's death, the Mongolian Dynasty conquered the North Caucasus, as well as parts of Russia and Ukraine. With his death, the two brothers of Arigh Khan and Chinua Khan engaged in the bloody Mongol Civil War that lasted for two years. The conflict also involved the major powers surrounding the Mongols. In the end, Arigh and his allies succeeded in defeating his brother, and the civil war ended.

The nation continued to grow, expanding into Siberia and North America, with colonies in Africa, South America and North America. Later, the nation would stay neutral in the First Worlda War, despite their alliance with the two main nations involved with the war. In the 130s, with the fall of the Scottish Empire, they gained many of Scotland's colonies, which left them as the de facto strongest power in Asia.

### Decline

Although the Mongolian Dynasty was a large and prosperous nation in the first century, the nation's hold on its land began to decline. The nation and its leaders began to become inactive in international affairs and became more detached from society. This led to large amounts of Mongolian land to be disconnected from the main portion of the nation, particularly because of the lack of communication between the native Mongolian land and its newly acquired areas. This caused many people within the nation to seek independence, hoping to at least govern themselves. The Mongolian royals became very unpopular, as more and more people grew tired of the incompetence of the Mongols.

During the late 150s, due to these issues as well as a lack of activity from the Mongols themselves, Mongolia quickly lost land to rebellions, eventually being confined to the native Asian land it had held long ago in 160AD. Other nations began expanding into the areas Mongolia once held. Unegen mostly focused on preserving what little land the nation had, leading to the nation becoming mostly isolated from all nations around it.

Bharat would end up rising in the power vacuum they left behind. The nation would continue to shrink until eventually being relegated to small territories around the Mongolian homeland. Many believed that the empire would stay dormant for the rest of its existence.

### Revival and collapse

However, at the beginning of the third century, the Mongolian Dynasty finally began to expand yet again after Temujin re-established relations with outside states such as China and Byzantium. The nation slowly expanded into Central Asian lands, as well as into Siberia north of Manchuria, giving the Mongols a coastline once more. The dynasty then began expanding upwards along the coast, as far as Kamchatka and the Arctic Sea. This lead to Mongolia entering into temporary relations with Straisia.

This would also lead them into a conflict with the USSR, who eventually invaded them in order to "reclaim Russian lands". This invasion was stopped by the USSR's enemies in 222, but Celestia used this to seize parts of Mongolia's land from them, including parts of their Siberian land. Mongolia would not get a chance to reclaim these lands. The nation collapsed in 232AD, as a result of the damage caused by the solar flare.