Where did the Mongols get hundreds of thousands of arrows in the middle of the steppe?
Screex The traditional tactics of Eurasian nomads envisioned engaging in close combat only as a last...
From the Rhine to the Volga: Who the Huns were and how they created their great power
In 376 AD, the barbarians living north of the Danube turned to their civilized adversary...
“They were boiled in 70 cauldrons.” How did the barbaric torture of captives elevate Genghis Khan?
“Before leaving, he ordered the execution of the chiefs, following the traditions of ancient China....
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,...
How did Mongol horse archers defeat Turkic horse archers?
Türks and Mongols lived in close contact for many millennia and were part of the...
The mystery of Batyi’s invasion — where are the burials of the Mongols?
The Western campaign of the Mongols is known in detail, many annals and chronicles have...
The Enigma of Steppe Warriors: Why the Pechenegs Ignored Hygiene but Obsessively Cleaned Their Ears
Hygiene paradoxes: a cultural phenomenon of Pecheneg society The hygienic practices of the Pechenegs represent...
Subbotnik or death: how did khashar, the Mongols’ most feared tactic, come to be?
The word “khashar” is translated from Arabic as “joint free labor. And in Uzbekistan and...
Akinji: what became of the Cossacks of the Ottoman Empire?
The Don and Zaporozhye Cossacks bore a Turkic name, lived a Turkic life, used Turkic...
How were the Egyptian Mamluks able to defeat the Mongols?
Not many countries managed to defeat the Mongols in battle at the peak of their...