But even this was not enough to satisfy the desire of Genghis Khan. He wanted something more, something his army could not give him, which is why in 1222, this man traveled towards Genghis Khan's cour...
He looked to the west to build on his conquests, not through war, but through trade. He sent ambassadors to Persia, and established a network of routes linked by staging posts, 40 kilometers apart. A...
For one month, his army plundered, burnt and raped. A year later, visiting foreign ambassadors described the streets as "slippery with human fat." They also recorded that beyond the walls stood an ent...
But despite the Mongol's attempts to master siege warfare, the Chinese were still much more advanced in their military technology. They responded by filling bombs with crude oil, molten metal, chemica...
They feasted on the supplies they captured. Genghis Khan turned Beijing into a prison. Within the walls, thousands starved to death. The survivors resorted to cannibalism. Finally, Genghis Khan's army...
