The Mongolians are a nomadic Central Asian people who once had an empire that ranged from China to Europe. Other Asiatic invaders included the Huns and the Tatars.
Central Asian Turkic People
Central Asia is the ancestral homeland of the Mongolians. The Mongolian armies under Ghengis Khan invaded large parts of Asia, the Middle East, and Central Europe, which changed the world forever.
*Altays (Oirots) *Balkars (along with Karachays, speakers of the Karachay-Balkar language) *Bashkirs *Chulyms *Chuvashs *Crimean Tatars *Dolgans *Gagauz *Karachays (along with Balkars, speakers of the Karachay-Balkar language) *Crimean Karaites *Karakalpaks *Karapapak *Kazakhs *Khakas *Krymchaks (speak a modified form of Crimean Tatar) *Kumyks *Kyrgyz *Meskhetian Turks *Nogais *Qashqai *Tatars **Volga Tatars (or Kazan Tatars, or simply Tatars) *** ***Baltic Tatars **Siberian Tatars **Lipka Tatars *Tofalars *Turkmens *Turks of Turkey (see also Ottoman Turks) **Turkish Cypriots *Tuvans *Urums *Uyghur *Uzbeks *Yakuts *Yörüks