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For (1): except, of course, if you’re the Mongol army. They preferred attacking in the winter (swamps and rivers are frozen so easily passable). https://en.m.wi
by Jun8 2y ago
For (1): except, of course, if you’re the Mongol army. They preferred attacking in the winter (swamps and rivers are frozen so easily passable). https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mongol_invasion_of_Kievan_Rus%27 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mongol_invasion_of_Kievan_Ru...
- gcanyon 2y agoWell the Mongols are the exception: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqcVro-3f4I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqcVro-3f4I
- anigbrowl 2y agoI think the fact that they were coming out of rather than heading into the steppe was a major factor.
- dredmorbius 2y agoFamiliar territory / home ground, also well-practiced in foraging within that type of terrain.
- HenryBemis 2y agoYes, this is why they did a similar thing with Ukraine (Feb/everything is frozen - for those who haven't been in frozen countries in the Winter, the earth/ground/dirt (pick your word) becomes hard like cement)).
- bell-cot 2y agoTo paraphrase one of my favorite historians - Every sweeping historical generalization has a "probably doesn't apply to the Monguls" exception. If you don't expect your professor to waste chalk writing this over and over, then he won't grade you down for omitting it from your test answers and term paper.
- chrsig 2y agoThis is a great perspective on pedantry
- K0balt 2y agoMongol spacecraft do tend to have a rather high center of gravity, but they land with sufficient velocity to imbed the landing spire of their spear-like ships deep into the crust for stability and dramatic effect.
- workbench1_3 2y agoHa! Mongols don’t need spacecrafts to reach the Moon! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXRcemSSI78 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXRcemSSI78