Part of the largest contiguous land empire during the 1200s & 1300s today its the worlds second-largest landlocked country

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Today’s Final Jeopardy Category is: Countries of the World

Today’s Final Jeopardy

Part of the largest contiguous land empire during the 1200s & 1300s, today it’s the world’s second-largest landlocked country

Final Jeopardy Answer

The Final Jeopardy Answer is: Mongolia

Final Jeopardy Explanation

Mongolia is the second-largest landlocked country in the world with a total area of 1,564,116 kilometres squared, after Kazakstan. Situated in North Asia, it borders China and Russia.

In the 1200s & 1300s, it was part of the Mongol Empire, which was the largest contiguous land empire in history. The Mongol Empire, which had its origins in modern-day Mongolia, at its height spanned from the Sea of Japan to portions of Eastern Europe, extending northward into parts of the Arctic, eastward and southward into portions of the Indian subcontinent, attempting invasions of Southeast Asia, and capturing the Iranian Plateau, as well as westward as far as the Levant and the Carpathians.

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