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Karakorum
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Karakorum
Karakorum
(
Classical Mongolian
:
Qara Qorum
,
Khalkha Mongolian
: Хархорум
Kharkhorum
) was the
capital
of the
Mongol Empire
between 1235 and 1260, and of the
Northern Yuan
in the 14–15th centuries. Its ruins lie in the northwestern corner of the
Övörkhangai Province
of
Mongolia
, near today's town of
Kharkhorin
, and adjacent to the
Erdene Zuu monastery
. They are part of the upper part of the
World Heritage Site
Orkhon Valley Cultural Landscape
.
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