- Mongol Strategic Advantages
- Surprise
- Communication
- Secure supplies
- Psychology
- Psychological - Military culture
- Psychological - Intimidation
- Messages of the Mongol strength spread and people eventually surrendered on encountering the Mongols
- Psychological - Meritocracy
- Psychological - Enemies Became Allies
- Took in some prisoners or some of their enemies as their own army
- Adaptability
- Siege techniques borrowed from Islamic civilization
- Timeline
- 1211-1220
- 1210's
- 1227
- 1237-1240s
- 1258
- Baghdad (Abbasid Caliphate)
- 1279
- Song dynasty destroyed
- Yuan Dynasty begins
- Why do the Mongols matter?
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- Inspiration for Conan the Barbarian
- Destroyed preexisting empires
- Unified Eurasia!
- Made silk roads easy to travel!
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