![](https://thoresononamotorcycle.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/eurasian-steppe.gif?w=640)
Eurasian steppe, a vast band of grasslands, stretches from Manchuria to Hungary,
has been the equivalent of an interstate freeway to those who controlled Mongolia.
![](https://thoresononamotorcycle.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/mongol_empire_map.gif?w=640&h=502)
The rise and fall of the Mongol empire. Chinggis died in 1229,
but the empire continued to expand under his sons and grandsons.
.
has been the equivalent of an interstate freeway to those who controlled Mongolia.
![](https://thoresononamotorcycle.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/mongol_empire_map.gif?w=640&h=502)
The rise and fall of the Mongol empire. Chinggis died in 1229,
but the empire continued to expand under his sons and grandsons.
.