In 1258, the Mongol Empire unleashed one of the most devastating sieges in history, bringing down the heart of the Islamic ...

The Mongol generals were ordered to redeploy and join Genghis Khan in his conquest of northern China some 3,700 miles away. The mission would drag on for several years.

After the catastrophic defeat at the Battle of Mohi in 1241, Hungary was left devastated by the Mongol onslaught. But when ...

The Mongol invasion of Asia in the 1200s took enough carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere to offset a year's worth of the world's gasoline demand today, according to a new study. But even Genghis ...

Studies of chroniclers and physicians from the time shows evidence of outbreaks in places including Syria, Iraq and Egypt in the years following the Mongol conquest of Baghdad in 1258.

Medieval Russians hid silver hoard before Mongol invasion. News. By Tom Metcalfe last updated 27 July 2022 They weren't hiding it from the Mongols, but an earlier, unknown enemy.

The lingering memory of that war was the horrifying image of Mongol leaders eating on a platform supported by dozens of Russian corpses. It was the year 1240, and there was only one direction left for ...

The unprecedented assault on Japan by Mongol forces in 1274 had a deep impact on the shogunate and led to the construction of a wall around Hakata Bay. While history often depicts the invaders ...

The conquest shocked many in the Latin world in Europe and Muslims in the Middle East. In 1241, soon after the Mongol troops invaded Hungary and Romania, Pope Innocent IV sent Catholic ...