Karakorum

Karakorum is a very special place in the world, kind of like a secret club for really important people. It's located in Asia, in a country called Mongolia. It used to be the capital city of the Mongol Empire a long, long time ago. The Mongol Empire was one of the biggest and most powerful empires in the whole world, and people were kind of scared of them because they were really good at fighting and taking over other countries.

Karakorum was an important city because it was where the leader of the Mongol Empire, Genghis Khan, lived. Imagine a really big castle, with lots of cool rooms and secret passageways, where Genghis Khan could sit on a throne and make all the important decisions about his empire. People from all over the world would visit Karakorum to bring gifts to Genghis Khan and to trade with the merchants who lived there.

But one day, the city was destroyed by an enemy army and many of its people were killed. After that, the Mongol Empire moved its capital city to a different place, and Karakorum kind of got forgotten about. But it still holds a special place in the history of the Mongol people, and today people can visit the ruins of the city to learn more about what life was like for the powerful Mongol Empire so many years ago.