Similarities between Turks and Mongols

I think both rulers know as Khan as well .

I always say we are cousins =)

Originally posted by Turk Nomad I always say we are cousins =)

Turks and mongols are same people,Just look at Kazaks.Also Turkish have some similarities to Korean, but really not to much close .

Originally posted by Feramez  Yea we both do, there are a couple differences though.  I think Mongols say blue wolf instead of grey wolf and Ergenekon is part of their myth but I think Ergenekon is a river in the Mongol myths.

Edited by Turkoglu - 26-Oct-2006 at 06:17

Mongols and Tatars are different, Tatars are the descent of Kipchaks.

Originally posted by Tamerlane - Both were shamanists - Both were excellent horsemen - Both were excellent archers - Both were steppe nomads. I am not saying that we are the same people. The ancient Turks and ancient Mongols however have many similarities. Are there more similarities?

In which period? before the ancestors of Mongol people came from the forest land, they were not shamanist, they didn't know how to ride horse, they might be good archers, as they were hunters, they were not steppe nomads.

Dongghu migration to the east driven by Huns caused the social change among Mongolic tribes, and we had the later nomadic mongol people called "Tartar" (not to be mixed with the present turkic people "Tatar"). This Mongolic people had a lot in common with Turkic people as you mentioned above. However, if we go back earlier historical period, we will see the the close connection between eastern Iranic people and Turkic people:     

Both warshiped sky and sun. (Tengrism)
Both were excellent horsemen.
Both were excellent archers.
Both were steppe nomads.

Just as many Mongolic people became part of later Turkic people, many eastern Iranic people became part of Turkic people.