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Ögödei's death was followed by an interregnum lasting nearly five years, during which time his widow, Töregene, acted as regent (substitute for a monarch). In 1243 Mongol forces defeated the Seljuk sultanate of Rûm, centered in Konya, thereby extending the Mongol Empire into Anatolia (present-day Turkey).
A kuriltai finally convened in 1246 to elect Ögödei's successor, choosing his son Guyuk. Witnessing the kuriltai was the Italian Franciscan friar Giovanni de Piano Carpini, who had come to the Mongol court as the bearer of letters from Pope Innocent IV. Guyuk brusquely rejected the pope's protests against the Mongol invasion of Poland and Hungary and called upon him, together with all the crowned heads of Europe, to tender their allegiance to him. Subsequent efforts to convert the Mongols to Christianity likewise failed. However, Carpini had made the first recorded European visit to China, preceding the Venetian merchant Marco Polo by 29 years.
Guyuk's reign was cut short in 1248. He died while traveling west to meet up with his cousin Batu, apparently with the intention of attacking him. Batu had strongly contested Guyuk's election as great khan and had remained opposed to him. Guyuk's widow, Oghul-Ghaimish, was regent of the empire until a kuriltai was finally convened in 1251 to choose Guyuk's successor.

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[asbochamp]

Hi Debashir!

Your vids look excellent! Any chance of your putting an English Language soundtrack to your next versions of them? even following the information in the box to the right it's really frustrating having to guess what's going on. These are all stories and characters that we in the West simply don't know. They look fantastic!

[debashir]

Hi, hi. As 4 me it's good to see people like u interested in our history. Unfortunately it's not me who made these clips. Clips belong to so called "Star Media" animation studio. They made totally 500 such clips, beginning from times of ancient Rus, till the time of "Dark ages in Golden Horde". If I would make these clips I would definitely make in english, that's 4 sure. Anyway, indeed you can see description 4 this video in my video decsription. Wish you all the best!

[cuchillo321]

cool..i am eurasian and now i am more proud of it