Karakorum , Ruined City, Mongolia
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007
KARAKORUM , ruined city, Mongolia ka r ko r m, ruined city, central Republic of Mongolia, near the Orkhon River, SW of Ulaanbaatar. The area around Karakorum had been inhabited by nomadic Turkic tribes from the 1st cent. a.d., but the city...