{"slug": "karakorum", "label": "Karakorum", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karakorum", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q62677", "qid": "Q62677", "description": "first capital of the Mongol empire, established in 1220", "entries": 6, "years": 6, "span": [1245, 1388], "span_label": ["1245 CE", "1388 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 3}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 2}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Karakorum (Mongolia)"], "related": [{"slug": "syria", "label": "Syria", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "mongol-empire", "label": "Mongol Empire", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "constantinople", "label": "Constantinople", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "iran", "label": "Iran", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "baghdad", "label": "Baghdad", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "ogedei-khan", "label": "Ögedei Khan", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "khagan", "label": "Khagan", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "antioch", "label": "Antioch", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "papal-states", "label": "Papal States", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-cyprus", "label": "Kingdom of Cyprus", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "christianity", "label": "Christianity", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "mongolia", "label": "Mongolia", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1245, "year_label": "1245 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "April 16", "text": "April 16 – Innocent IV sends Giovanni da Pian del Carpine (accompanied by Stephen of Bohemia) to the Mongol court at Karakorum, suggesting that the Mongols convert to Christianity.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1355852673#Religion", "title": "1245", "revid": 1355852673, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 1246, "year_label": "1246 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "August 24", "text": "August 24 – Güyük Khan, eldest son of Ögedei Khan, is enthroned as the 3rd Great Khan of the Mongol Empire (which is witnessed by a papal mission under Giovanni da Pian del Carpine) at Karakorum. Güyük reverses several edicts of his mother, Töregene Khatun, and orders Eljigidei, Mongol viceroy of Persia, to advance into Syria and prepare an attack on Baghdad.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1356775338#Mongol_Empire", "title": "1246", "revid": 1356775338, "section": "Events › By place › Mongol Empire"}}, {"year": 1249, "year_label": "1249 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "February 16", "text": "February 16 – Louis IX sends Andrew of Longjumeau on a diplomatic mission to meet the \"Great Khan\" of the Mongol Empire. He carries letters from Louis and the Papal States, and rich presents, including a chapel-tent lined with scarlet cloth and embroidered with sacred pictures. From Cyprus he goes to the port of Antioch in Syria and travels for a year to the khan's court at Karakorum.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362150898#Europe", "title": "1249", "revid": 1362150898, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1253, "year_label": "1253 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "May", "text": "May – Louis IX of France (\"the Saint\") dispatches William of Rubruck from Constantinople on a missionary journey to Karakorum to seek an alliance against Syrian and Egyptian Muslims.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362664638#Asia", "title": "1253", "revid": 1362664638, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 1254, "year_label": "1254 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "January 4", "text": "January 4 – William of Rubruck, Flemish missionary and explorer, is received courteously with an embassy at Karakorum. He is given an audience with Möngke Khan, who is loaded with gifts and letters from Louis IX.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1296887805#Asia", "title": "1254", "revid": 1296887805, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 1388, "year_label": "1388 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May 18", "text": "May 18 – At the Battle of Buyur Lake, an invasion force from Ming dynasty China, under General Lan Yu defeats a large Mongolian army led by Uskhal Khan Tögüs Temür, and captures 100 members of the Northern Yuan Dynasty. Uskhal Khan will be killed later while trying to escape. The invading Chinese army destroys Karakorum, the capital of the Mongol Empire.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360557860#April–June", "title": "1388", "revid": 1360557860, "section": "Events › April–June"}}]}