The Mongol Conquests
Mongol conquests created the largest contiguous empire in history.
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The Mongol conquests started when Temüjin, who would become Genghis Khan, united various nomadic groups and built an empire through military actions across Central Asia.[1][2]
Quick Facts
- Field
- Military conquest and empire-building
- Nationality
- Mongol
- Known for
- Creating the largest contiguous land empire in history
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Key facts and history
Every adult Mongol man was a soldier who received no pay save plunder, and most were horse-archers.[3] Genghis Khan assigned soldiers from different tribes to decimal units to break old loyalties.[4] Campaigns were planned at summer kurultai, where commanders were appointed and plans drawn up using military intelligence.[5] The Mongols initially struggled with siege warfare but quickly incorporated Muslim and Chinese siege engineers.[6]
Jamukha inflicted a major defeat on Temüjin in 1187, forcing him to flee to China.[2] By 1202 the Tatars had been eliminated by Temüjin, and the Kerait were brought under his control, establishing Mongol dominance in eastern Mongolia.[2] Constructed from wood and horn, the Mongol composite bow typically had an effective range of about 325 meters, and each soldier carried at least one bow along with two or three quivers of arrows.[7]
What the cited sources add
Diana Lary's "Chinese Migrations" states the Mongol invasions displaced populations on a scale never seen before in Central Asia or Eastern Europe.[8][9]
References
- Wikipedia, "Mongol conquests" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Sinor, "Western Information on the Kitans and Some Related Questions", Journal of the American Oriental Society, April 1995, p. 262–269 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Mongol conquests" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: May 2018, p. 19–20 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Mongol conquests" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: May 2023, p. 464; Atwood 2004, p. 349 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Mongol conquests" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Lane 2006, p. 102; Lane 2006, p. 102 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Mongol conquests" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: May 2016, p. 14; Atwood 2004, p. 349 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Mongol conquests" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Atwood 2004, p. 349; May 2012, p. 133 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Mongol conquests" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Atwood 2004, p. 349 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Open Library record, ISBN 9780742567658 ("Chinese migrations"). CC0 (metadata); book content not read. openlibrary.org
- Wikipedia, "Mongol conquests" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Diana Lary, "Chinese Migrations: The Movement of People, Goods, and Ideas over Four Millennia", Rowman & Littlefield, 2012, p. 49 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
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- Wikipedia: Mongol conquests (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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