Why did the Mongols hide their dead?
Screex Known to us burials of Mongol warriors during their conquest of Russia are very rare. Many on this basis assert, that there was no yoke, since there is no proofs…
Where do Muslim Mongolians live? Why do they have problems with their neighbors?
Afghanistan is famous for its ethnic diversity. The largest peoples here are Tajiks and Pashtuns, who traditionally dominate the country's politics and economy. However, there are also many other ethnic…
The Zhuzhan Kaganate: what happened in the steppe after the Huns and before the Turks?
The inhabitants of the Celestial Empire, in principle, understood that their neighbors on the other side of the Great Wall were multinational. But they did not understand the varieties of…
The Mamluk Sultan of Egypt, Al-Ashraf Tuman-bai II, against the Ottoman Empire
Al-Malik al-Ashraf Tuman-bay II (1473, Aleppo - April 15, 1517, Cairo) was the last Mamluk Sultan of Egypt from the Circassian Burjit dynasty (1516-1517) Mamluk-Ottoman conflict The Mamluk Sultanate was…
Why were the Egyptian Mamluks able to defeat the Mongols in field mounted battles?
In the middle of the 13th century, the peak of Mongol strength was reached, and no nation could stand up to the nomads militarily. The Mongol army was better in…
The Battle of the Lamb or the first defeat of the Mongol army in history
“When Mongols have made with Russ what we have described above, and have plundered their grounds, they have withdrawn back and have gone to Bulgarian in 620 ” - so…
The fate of the inhabitants of Constantinople after the Turkish conquest
1391, 1394, 1411, 1422 and 1453 - these are the dates when the Turks tried to take the capital of Byzantium. Five large-scale operations to capture the city, and only…
What is the difference between the Seljuks and the Ottomans?
Usually one is called the descendants of the other, but this is not entirely true. The relationship between them is much more complex, in connection with which it is not…
What became of Obadiah Khan, who converted the Khazar Khaganate to Judaism?
For history buffs it is no secret that at a certain stage of its existence Khazar Khaganate adopted Judaism as the state faith. But the circumstances of this decision for…
Only a few guesses why the Mongols were victorious in their many wars
Genghis Khan's problems I have told you a lot about how Temujin's Mongols defeated all their enemies from Southern China to the Northern Black Sea coast. By the way, in…