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Mongolia (18189 words) |
 | Mongolia's external policies, however, were founded on those of the Soviet Union, and relations with China, always influenced by suspicions over real or imaginary claims by China to "lost territories," faltered in the wake of the Sino-Soviet rift that developed in the late 1950s. |
 | Mongolia - Khubilai Khan and the Yuan Dynasty, 1261-1368 |
 | Mongolia's general foreign policy line was based on strong ties with the Soviet Union, "the reliable pillar of [Mongolia's] independence and prosperity" according to the party line. |
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Mongolia - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (1514 words) |
 | The 18th largest country in the world by area, Mongolia has very little arable land: much of its area is grassland, with mountains in the north and west and the Gobi Desert in the south. |
 | The Manchu conquered Inner Mongolia in 1636 and Outer Mongolia in 1691. |
 | Mongolia is a parliamentary country where the president has a symbolic role and the government is the executive power. |