Mongol War Research Paper

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Allempires.com page The Mongol Empire states “the next Khakhan, Mongke, was elected in 1251. Mongke would be known for much more expansion and for taking down one of the greatest cities in the Middle East, Baghdad. The great city in the Middle East had forever lost its glory and that there is no doubt the fall of Baghdad was one of the greatest blows to Islam. This war was said to have a death toll up to 800,000 men, although some believe this is an over exaggeration” (par. 25). With this and many other successful wars under the rule of Mongke they pushed south even more, with another goal in mind. That goal was to take down the Egyptians. However this war might not have ended the way Mongke had wanted. Claimed by Allempires.com “The Mamluks were expecting the full fury of the Mongols, and gathered a large force of 120,000 men. But Hulegu had already withdrawn. The 15,000 Mongols and 10,000 allies were then crushed under the Mamluks. Many people believe this was the reason why the Mongols stopped pushing towards Egypt, however the death of Mongke was the main reason for this” (par. 26). This is personally my favorite war with the Mongols and the Egyptians, due to the fact that the Mongols won almost every other war they fought and the Egyptians were so stacked. It was almost like a leaf fighting the winds of a …show more content…
Afe.easia.columbia.edu states “due to many changes in view points and the adoption of more culture, more and more Mongols started to turn on eachother” (par. 2). This drove the empire into five different sectors. The The Yuan Dynasty in the Far East, the Ilkhanate of Persia, the Blue Horde in Russia, the White Horde commonly mistaken as the Blue Horde, and the Chagatai Khanate. They all fell in the end, either with civil wars due to economic problems or a bad ruling system. They also fell due to them many wars that fell upon them from the neighboring