Mongols
The Battle of Chalons: Attila’s Stinging Defeat
By John WalkerIn AD 451, Attila the Hun, by then known to terrified Western Christians as the “scourge of God,” crossed the Rhine River in command of a multi-ethnic army. Read more
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The Mongol Hordes
By Steven M. JohnsonIn ad 1205, Mongol ruler Genghis Khan, having completed the unification of his Gobi Desert empire, began looking south toward China for further conquest. Read more
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The Modern Grenade: A Brief History
By William McPeakWhen did humanity begin throwing explosive devices? What are the origins of the modern grenade, and how did explosives evolve? Read more
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Hussite Hand Cannons: A Revolution in Gunpowder Warfare
By Chuck LyonsThe Hussites, all but forgotten today, were a 15th-century sect of religious reformers, forerunners of the Protestant Reformation that was to come a century later. Read more
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Blood in the Sand: Shiite Assassins
by Mark S. LongoTheir name has been synonymous with murder for almost a thousand years, but few people know the full truth about the enigmatic organization known as the Assassins. Read more
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The Composite Bow: The Medieval Precursor to the Rifle
by O’Brien BrowneOrderly rows of Sumerian soldiers stretched across the grassy plain, their conical bronze helmets hard and bright under the sizzling sun. Read more
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Japanese Mounted Archery
By Brian Todd CareyIn the eyes of the West, the Japanese samurai warrior has traditionally been associated with the long sword that bears his name. Read more
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Turco-Mongol Emir Timur: Scourge of the East
By Victor Kamenir
Egyptian medieval chronicler Ibn Taghribirdi relates an incident that occurred following Turco-Mongol Emir Timur’s conquest of Aleppo in 1400. Read more
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Russian Disaster at the Kalkha River
By Victor Kamenir
A tumultuous discussion raged in the hall of Mstislav III “The Old” Romanovich, the Grand Prince of Kiev, in March 1223. Read more
