Mongols

The Silk Road



The crucible of conquest – The Asian Steppe before Genghis Khan



From orphan to Emperor – The rise of Genghis Khan.



The Mongol conquest of the Western Xia Dynasty



Prelude to invasion – The Mongols and the Khwarazmian Empire



The Mongol siege of Otrar



The Mongol siege of Bukhara



The Mongols advance through Samarkand and the Indus



The destruction of Nishapur and Merv



The Mongols sack Baghdad



Battle at Ain Jalut



Mongols in Europe: The Mongol invasions of modern-day Russia, Ukraine, Poland and Hungary



The Mongol Invasion of Korea



Kamikaze: Samurai and Divine Winds Halt the Mongol Invasion of Japan



The Mongol invasions of Southeast Asia



The fragmentation and decline of the Mongol empire