As the years passed, the Mongol Empire began to crumble under the weight of internal divisions and external pressures. The ...

Medieval Authors on the Mongols -- The Islamic World and Inner Asian Peoples down to the Mongol Invasion -- The Mongol Westward Advance (1219-53) -- Apportioning and Governing an Empire (c. 1221-c.

The Mongol fleet struck by storm at sea, from the Livre des Merveilles (early 15th century) - Getty As Genghis Khan lay dying in August 1227, he commanded his heir, Ögedei, to continue the mission of ...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: These wars were big and upset the status quo. The Chinese Civil War turned more than half a billion people Red. World War II destroyed a totalitarian menace. Even the ...