Six great atrocities that Tamerlane committed
Screex Well, actually, he committed many more of them - not for nothing is the Central Asian conqueror considered one of the most dangerous men who walked the earth. For the…
What did Tamerlane do to Sultan Bayezid’s favorite wife?
In 1402, the Battle of Angora took place in the heart of Anatolia. Tired and thirsty Ottoman army was defeated by the Central Asian ruler Tamerlane, whose army had a…
Who was Esugei, Genghis Khan’s father?
For most history buffs, Yesugei is in the shadow of his formidable son, being only one line in his biography. We remember how this man was poisoned by his enemies…
Genghis Khan’s favorite Turks
Relations between the Mongols and the Turks are difficult to call even now, what to say about the Middle Ages, when between them regularly broke out bloody armed conflicts, ending…
«Alternative» and Mongolian logistics in 1238
I can never understand, and what is the problem of advancing, feeding and supplying the Mongol troops in the campaign to North-Eastern Russia? Why are so many copies broken around…
How did Genghis Khan treat his warriors?
Remember the old Soviet saying that the commissar says, "Do as I do!" and the political officer says, "Do as I say!" Genghis Khan understood this rule well, so he…
Ten facts about Tamerlan that few people know about
Timur, son of Taragai of the Barlas family, came from a Turkicized Mongol tribe that came to Central Asia with Genghis Khan. Its representatives were considered distant relatives of the…
On the origin of the Hungarians
The Hungarians, or Magyars, appeared in Europe as suddenly as the Huns. Medieval writers who happened to meet them were quite surprised that the Romans did not mention them in…
Kipchaks in Hungary
During the Mongol-Tatar expansion in Central Asia, one part of the Kipchaks migrated towards Europe and settled in Hungary. In Europe, the Kipchak Kipchaks were called Kumans or Kuns. In…
From the Balkans to Ankara: How the Ottomans almost conquered Europe, but lost everything in one day
The expansion of the Ottoman Empire into the Balkans (1365-1389) In 1365, the Ottoman ruler Murad I made the fateful decision to move the capital of his state to Edirne.…