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Are Mongols and Turks cousins?
The Mongols are ethnic cousins of the Turks.
How similar are Turkish and Mongolian?
Both Turks and Mongols have similar cultural values. They are both nomadic nations and have influenced each other’s lifestyles in multiple ways. Studies also show that the vocabulary of both these nations has a few similarities. Both vernaculars have also taken many loanwords from Arabic.
Did the Mongols take over Turkey?
Real power over Anatolia was exercised by the Mongols after the Seljuks surrendered in 1243 until the fall of the Ilkhanate in 1335. Remains of the Mongol cultural heritage still can be seen in Turkey, including tombs of a Mongol governor and a son of Hulagu.
Did the Turks beat Mongols?
No. The Ottomans did not defeat the Mongol Empire. In fact, the Ottomans did not even exist at the time of the unified Mongol Empire. The fragmentation of the Mongol Empire began with the death of the Fourth Khagan Möngke Khan in 1259.
Another genetic estimation found a slightly higher amount among Turkish people with an average of 21,7\% East Asian/Turkic ancestry. So, Turkic and Mongolic people are related because both are East Asian (Mongoloid) and additionally, because they likely belong to the same linguistic family, together with Tungusic, Koreanic and possibly Japonic.
What is the common origin of the Turkic and Mongolian languages?
Turkic and Mongolian language are not related and have a different origin. But over long time of influence and linguistic contact the today language have similarities. The proto-languages get more and more different. So there is No common origin.
What race of people were the original Turks?
They replaced the Caucasoid Iranian Scythians and even influenced parts of Europe (Tatars, Avars, Bulgars,…). → That means: The original Turks were Mongoloid (East Asian) and closely related to other East Asians, including Mongolians.
What is the history of Mongolia?
Mongolia is the original homeland of both Turks and Mongols, two groups much intermingled in history and loosely related in their languages. Mongolia is an ideal starting point for the movement of nomadic tribes in search of new pastures, and for sudden excursions of a more predatory nature.