Mamluks: Circassians on the Egyptian throne
Screex 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 —...
To what point in Germany did the Mongols reach?
When we discuss the Mongols and their invasion in the 1230s — 1240s, their actions...
What did the Mongols do with the captured girls?
Two mutually opposite phrases are attributed to the creator of the world Mongol Empire.The first...
Why did the Mongols hide their dead?
Known to us burials of Mongol warriors during their conquest of Russia are very rare....