Hulagu Khan VS Caliph al-Mustasim: The Fall of Baghdad
Screex The story of the fall of medieval Muslim Baghdad, the end of the Abbasid Caliphate, as a result of the Mongol invasion in 1258, despite the scale of the tragedy…
Completion of Genghis Khan’s western campaign
Subedei and Dzhebe - Genghis Khan's best Mongol generals The long campaign of Subedei and Dzhebe After spending the summer of 1220 near Nessef, Genghis Khan led his army to…
Tokhtamysh is the Khan of the Blue Horde. So why did he go to Moscow in the first place?
Everyone who is even slightly interested in history has heard about the Golden Horde. And how not to hear, if so many dramatic and important for our past events are…
Subeday is a Mongol general who conquered half the world
Genghis Khan used to say that he had 4 wolves of war: Djebe, Khubilai, Jelme and Subedei. The reason why few people know about Subedei is that the shocked Europe…
Who were the Huns — a mysterious people to whom the Roman Empire paid tribute. And what mark in history did they leave?
The ancient tribes of the Huns have long attracted the attention of historians. China built the Great Wall to protect itself from their raids, and the Roman Empire paid them…
“When the Steppe was stronger than the world»: Mongolia before Genghis Khan
Periodically, certain centers of power emerge in the world. Today it is Russia, the United States and China. “Yesterday” - the Soviet Union, the United States, Great Britain and Germany.…
The incredible story of Girdkuh fortress, which was besieged for 17 years
A few kilometers from the small town of Damghan in northern Iran, the ruins of the Girdkuh fortress in the Elburz mountain system attract attention. The place of erection was…
The sad end of the alliance between Genghis Khan and the Keraite leader
After Temujin saved Khan Togril from imminent death, the relationship between the two leaders experienced a new honeymoon. Unfortunately, it did not last long, in view of their unequal alliance.…
Temujin becomes Genghis Khan. Great Yasas — a single law for all Mongolian tribes
Having exterminated the strongest Mongol leaders, Temujin became the only significant force in the region. Almost all chiefs informally recognized his primacy and did not dare to oppose the most…
Altai is the ancestral home of the Turks
Modern Altaians were formed on the basis of ancient Scythian tribes Pazyryktsy Indo-European origin, as well as ancient Turkic tribes Tele and Tugyu, the main population of the Turkic (522-745),…