To: All
This same Mongol army pushed into Central Europe crushing Poland and Hungary but Western Europe was saved when the Ogedei died and the Mongols went back to Mongolia.
2 posted on
09/06/2019 6:38:51 AM PDT by
C19fan
To: C19fan
Western Europe was of no use because they needed vast open space for the horses to graze.
To: C19fan
In my book, good ‘ole Genghis and family were the #1 butt-kickers of all time. They were brutal (which was normal for the 13th century); however, they were undefeated and had an empire for almost 200 years. It has always amazed me that a power like this could emerge from such a sparsely populated area. As a result, War colleges across the world have studied their tactics for hundreds of years. The modern tendency to dismiss them as simple savages is misguided. Genghis was absolutely brilliant.
34 posted on
09/06/2019 10:27:46 AM PDT by
ohioman
To: C19fan
Last I read Moscow sent tributes to Ghengis Khan so his armies passed south of moscow. but I could have read the story wrong or it could have been about a later mogol general Subatai.
48 posted on
09/07/2019 6:11:20 AM PDT by
ckilmer
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