EPISODE · Feb 2, 2018 · 10 MIN
The Reasons the Mongolian Army Was Unstoppable
from History Unplugged Podcast · host History Unplugged
Mongols were fierce on horseback, but so were the many other steppe nomads who tried and failed to conquer the walled cities of China, Persia, and Rome. Yet the Mongols succeeded where their predecessors failed by incorporating siege engineers into their army, taking full advantage of their light supply chain, and using shock attacks in ways no other military leader had before.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Mongols were fierce on horseback, but so were the many other steppe nomads who tried and failed to conquer the walled cities of China, Persia, and Rome. Yet the Mongols succeeded where their predecessors failed by incorporating siege engineers...
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