FOR SEVERAL THOUSAND YEARS, WARRIORS ON HORSEBACK rode across centralAsia, conquering nearby towns and cities. These horsemen lived on the steppes, which is a flat, grassy region that extends from Asia into centralEurope. The riders were nomads people with no permanent home. They moved from one grazing spot to another with their herds of horses, sheep, camels, goats, and cattle. Over the centuries, these nomads battled such people as the ancient Greeks, the Romans, the Persians, the Chinese, and the Arabs. Of all the nomadic warriors of centralAsia, the fiercest were the Mongols. In the 13th century, starting in their homeland ofMongolia, just north ofChina, the Mongols spread out to the south and west. Under the leadership of Chinggis Khan (ca. 1162–1227) and his descendants, the Mongols quickly built an empire that stretched fromKoreato eastern Europe the largest continuous area of land ever controlled by one ruling family. [download]
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