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The Huns were an entirely different nomadic people (separated from the Mongol Empire by about a thousand years).

The PoC demo was to demonstrate the borders of the Mongol empire over time.

The history of the Mongol invasions were written by the vanquished upper classes.

The biggest slaughter in history, the Mongol conquest of India,...

Interesting that Mongol archers on horseback, in teams of 10 I believe, were the dominant military force over a vast part of euro-asia.

Indeed it is geography not merit that saved Europe, which makes me wonder if the Mongol invasion was a curse, not a benefit, unlike the implication of this excerpt.

I'm saying that having tens of thousands of people show up on horseback ready to invade Vienna isn't exactly a calling card for Mongol politeness.

You have some good points about the viral videos, but watching them gives credence to how scary 10 Mongol bowmen riding on fast horses could be to their opponents.

I'm not the most studied person on Mongol history but the impression I'm left with is that you can piece together accounts of the Mongol invasion in the texts of ancient russia, europe, china and the middle east.

The book that heydenberk mentions above is remarkable in that it presents a very different picture of the 'ruthless Mongol hordes' as a well disciplined and very flexible moving force.

After Herat revolted and killed the Mongol governor Genghis had appointed, he reportedly asked why the slaughters his forces had carried out had not succeeded in terrorizing Herat's population into submission.

One problem I spotted was this: Mongol Empire seems to be shown as being Islam while in reality it was multiple religions with Buddhism being the prevalent one.

People like to the label the mongols as "The Horde." But a Mongol Army of 25k consistently beat armies 5 times its size.

I'd also recommend reading "Warriors of the Steppe" for an account of the rise and fall of the mongol empire.

And yet it seems to me like the boundaries of Mongol conquest are the boundaries of what we call "the Western World" - and it outside Mongol rule where power has come to rest.

If they were so brutal then those left behind would revolt, eventually." From the "Mongol invasion of Khwarezmia"¹ about cities which opposed resistance: 1.

It must be noted that both the Yuan and Qing empires were non-Han (Mongol, Manchu respectively).

However: >Mongol society was a barbaric, violent, awful society and culture that should be shunned.

Mongol society was a barbaric, violent, awful society and culture that should be shunned.