Comparing modern day mongolia is like comparing the holy roman
empire to the roman empire, or saying that italy is a
continuation of the roman empire. The roman empire did not just
comprise of modern day italians neither. In fact the direct
successor state that survived the collapse of the western roman
empire was mostly greek. No it wasn't. Language does not equal
ethnicity or we would all be English. They were Romans, nothing
more, nothing less. Yes I meant turkic but anyway many people
where part of the mongolian empire including those falling
outside present day mongolia. Mongolia is not a continuation of
the mongolian empire but it did comprise people that were part
of it. I ve read some sources stating that he was turkic but the
evidence seems shaky at best mostly based on names and language
and myths so ill withdraw that assertion I've heard that one
before. It is an outcropping of turkish nationalism which has
produced such wonderful works of pseudoscience, which all aim to
justify that every steppe n