Tamerlane’s art of warfare. Battle of the Kondurcha River
Screex In the last third of the XIV century, Amir Timur, a talented military leader and ruler of Maverannahr (the Arabic name for the Amu Darya and Syr Darya interfluve), stepped…
How was it possible to defeat Mongol horse archers?
Neither Chinese emperors, nor Turkic khans, nor Russian princes, nor Muslim emirs, nor European kings could come up with tactics to defeat the Mongol army. Although, it would seem, their…
Tamerlane’s art of warfare. The Battle of Angora
In the early 15th century, the most powerful ruler of Central Asia was Amir Tamerlane (Timur). Under his rule he was able by that time to unite all the territories…
You can’t enter the same river twice: why did the second Mongol invasion of Hungary fail?
After conquering Russia, Batu was forced to let some of his army go home. A few tumen headed by his personal enemy, Güyük, went to Mongolia. Nevertheless, invasion to Europe…
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“When Mongols have made with Russ what we have described above, and have plundered their grounds, they have withdrawn back and have gone to Bulgarian in 620 ” - so…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…
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…
Where did the Mongols get hundreds of thousands of arrows in the middle of the steppe?
The traditional tactics of Eurasian nomads envisioned engaging in close combat only as a last resort. Only when the enemy's best warriors had fallen, and the enemy army was breaking…
The Mongol Empire. How did the second largest state in history emerge and why did it disappear?
In the ranking of the largest states in history, the first place is, of course, the British Empire, whose total territory by 1921 ranged from 31 to 36.6 million square…