The empire that Ayurbarwada Buyantu Khan was the eighth Great Khan originated where?
Mongol Empire The Mongol Empire (Mongolian: "Mongolyn Ezent Güren"    ; Mongolian Cyrillic: Монголын эзэнт гүрэн; ] ; also Орда ("Horde") in Russian chronicles) existed during the 13th and 14th centuries and was the largest contiguous land empire in history. Originating in the steppes of Central Asia, the Mongol Empire eventually stretched from Eastern Europe to the Sea of Japan, extending northwards into Siberia, eastwards and southwards into the Indian subcontinent, Indochina, and the Iranian plateau, and westwards as far as the Levant.
Karakorum Karakorum (Classical Mongolian: ᠬᠠᠷᠠᠬᠣᠷᠣᠮ "Qara Qorum", Khalkha Mongolian: Хархорум "Kharkhorum") was the capital of the Mongol Empire between 1235 and 1260, and of the Northern Yuan in the 14–15th centuries. Its ruins lie in the northwestern corner of the Övörkhangai Province of Mongolia, near today's town of Kharkhorin, and adjacent to the Erdene Zuu monastery. They are part of the upper part of the World Heritage Site Orkhon Valley Cultural Landscape.