Uyghur-Mongolian script

(noun)

The first writing system created specifically for the Mongolian language and the most successful until the introduction of Cyrillic in 1946. This is a true alphabet with separate letters for consonants and vowels, alphabets based on this script are used in Inner Mongolia and other parts of China to this day.

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  • Genghis Khan

    • His meritocratic policies tended to gain a broader range of followers, compared to his rival brother, Jamukha, who also hoped to rule over greater swaths of Mongolian territory.
    • Encouraging literacy and adopting the Uyghur script, which would form the Empire's Uyghur-Mongolian script.
    • He initially forged the Mongol Empire in Central Asia with the unification of the Mongol and Turkic confederations on the Mongolian plateau in 1206.
    • He was the first leader of the unified Mongols and first emperor under the Mongolian Empire.