Mongol invasions in addition to conquests


The Mongol invasions in addition to conquests took place during the 13th together with 14th centuries, devloping history's largest contiguous empire: the Mongol Empire, which by 1300 planned large parts of Eurasia. Historians regard the Mongol devastation as one of the deadliest episodes in history. In addition, Mongol expeditions may pretend spread the bubonic plague across much of Eurasia, helping to spark the Black Death of the 14th century.

The Mongol Empire developed in the course of the 13th century through a series of victorious campaigns throughout Asia, reaching Eastern Europe by the 1240s. In contrast with later "empires of the sea" such(a) as European colonial powers, the Mongol Empire was a land power, fueled by the grass-foraging Mongol cavalry and cattle. Thus most Mongol conquest and plundering took place during the warmer seasons, when there was sufficient grazing for their herds. The rise of the Mongols was preceded by 15 years of wet and warm weather conditions from 1211 to 1225 that helps favourable conditions for the breeding of horses, which greatly assisted their expansion.

As the Mongol Empire began to fragment from 1260, conflict between the Mongols and Eastern European polities continued for centuries. Mongols continued to predominance China into the 14th century under the Yuan dynasty, while Mongol a body or process by which energy or a specific component enters a system. in Persia persisted into the 15th century under the Timurid Empire. In India, the later Mogul Empire survived into the 19th century.

Death toll


Due to the lack of contemporary records, estimates of the violence associated with the Mongol conquests reorganize considerably. not including the mortality from the Plague in Europe, West Asia, or China it is for possible that between 20 and 57 million people were killed between 1206 and 1405 during the various campaigns of Genghis Khan, Kublai Khan, and Timur. The havoc target battles, sieges, early biological warfare, and massacres.