The 13th century conquests of the Mongols have never been matched. Under Genghis Khan’s leadership, the “horsemen of the steppe” conquered China and the Muslim parts of central Asia and pushed deep into Europe and the Middle East in just about 25 years. Although their attempts to take Japan and Southeast Asia failed, only once did they suffer a notably decisive defeat, a defeat which came at the hands of Mameluke general Baibars at Ain Jalut, Palestine around the year 1260.
The Romans had an Empire stretching from Britain to Morocco, Morocco to Iraq, Iraq to Turkey and then back to Britain. That took about 400 years to build up and is quite a decent feat. Compared to the Mongols, who had an Empire from Korea to Poland which included China, …show more content…
They were also extremely adept at feigning retreat to draw their opponents into something known as the feigned withdrawal: deep in the midst of a battle his (Genghis’) troops would withdraw, feigning a rout. As the enemy forces proceeded to pursue the apparent “fleeing” troops, they would quickly realize that they'd been ambushed, whole detachments of men in armor or cavalry would suddenly appear and overtake them., reminiscent of the tactics of the Huns, and they even had mounted armored lancers who would engage the enemy in close …show more content…
They killed everyone in towns, and razed and sacked as they went along, decimating anyone who dared try and oppose them. Take the battle at the Kalka river for example; in the year 1222, the Mongols crossed the Caucasus mountains to the Turkish Cuman territory, and after the Cumans, who were allied with the Russians numbering about 80,000 men, murdered the Mongol peace envoy, Genghis and his army or 40,00 utterly annihilated the Russian backed Cumans. Genghis’ utter disregard for human life, and his cunning and zeal as a military commander was just beginning to
The Romans had an Empire stretching from Britain to Morocco, Morocco to Iraq, Iraq to Turkey and then back to Britain. That took about 400 years to build up and is quite a decent feat. Compared to the Mongols, who had an Empire from Korea to Poland which included China, …show more content…
They were also extremely adept at feigning retreat to draw their opponents into something known as the feigned withdrawal: deep in the midst of a battle his (Genghis’) troops would withdraw, feigning a rout. As the enemy forces proceeded to pursue the apparent “fleeing” troops, they would quickly realize that they'd been ambushed, whole detachments of men in armor or cavalry would suddenly appear and overtake them., reminiscent of the tactics of the Huns, and they even had mounted armored lancers who would engage the enemy in close …show more content…
They killed everyone in towns, and razed and sacked as they went along, decimating anyone who dared try and oppose them. Take the battle at the Kalka river for example; in the year 1222, the Mongols crossed the Caucasus mountains to the Turkish Cuman territory, and after the Cumans, who were allied with the Russians numbering about 80,000 men, murdered the Mongol peace envoy, Genghis and his army or 40,00 utterly annihilated the Russian backed Cumans. Genghis’ utter disregard for human life, and his cunning and zeal as a military commander was just beginning to