Karakorum
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Key facts
- Historic site.name
- Karakorum
- Historic site.native_name
- ХархорумQaraqorum
- Historic site.native_language
- mn
- Historic site.image
- Erdene Zuu Monastery 05.jpg
- Historic site.caption
- Erdene Zuu Monastery
- Historic site.locmapin
- Mongolia
- Historic site.map_relief
- 1
- Historic site.map_dot_mark
- Archaeological site icon (red).svg
- Historic site.type
- Ruins of a former capital
- Historic site.location
- Övörkhangai Province, Mongolia
- Historic site.nearest_city
- Kharkhorin
- Historic site.founded
- 1220
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Article
15 sectionsContents
- History
- Founding
- Prosperity
- William of Rubruck's account
- Later history
- Decline
- Excavations
- Buildings
- Khan's Palace
- Rebuilding Karakorum
- See also
- References
- Sources
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|Stupas around Erdene Zuu Monastery in Karakorum
Karakorum (, ; Mongolian script: , ) was the capital of the Mongol Empire between 1235 and 1260 and of the Northern Yuan dynasty in the late 14th and 15th centuries. Its ruins lie in the northwestern corner of the Övörkhangai Province of modern-day Mongolia, near the present town of Kharkhorin and adjacent to the Erdene Zuu Monastery, which is likely the oldest surviving Buddhist monastery in Mongolia. They are located in the upper part of the World Heritage Site Orkhon Valley.