Tamerlane: the Iron Hammer surrounded by legends
Screex History preserves the memory of many great conquerors, but the name of Tamerlane stands out...
How China’s nomads absorbed
The oldest states on the territory of modern China were formed many centuries ago. And...
The Mamluks. Slave Warriors
Circassian Mamluks (Mamelukes) in Egypt. Warrior-slaves. For many centuries the system of military slavery was...
Mamluks: Circassians on the Egyptian throne
Mamluks are the guard troops of Muslim rulers. In general, the very concept of “guard”...
The Mamluks: From Slaves to the Military and Political Elite of the Islamic World
The ancient history of the world is full of injustice and oppression. Powerful empires were...
Why Khorezm did not gather all the forces to fight back the Mongols?
The attitude of historians to Khorezm Shah Ala ad-Din Muhammad II was always not very...
Kipchaks: formation and development
Let’s start with the fact that the Kipchaks or Kypchaks are known to the ancient...
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...
The secret of the grandiose victories of Genghis Khan’s Horde is revealed: why the Mongol army was centuries ahead of its opponents
In the steppe, as elsewhere in the Middle Ages, people could unite, in fact, only...
How the Chinese Overthrew the Mongol Yoke
The Mongol conquest of China began under Genghis and lasted quite a long time —...