The Rise of Genghis Khan
Gone Medieval
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The Key to Conquest on the Steps
The key to his expansion was cavalry and the short, extremely powerful bow that the monguls had to hunt wolves. And as soon as he had united the tribes, he turned on the traditional enemy, which was the neighbouring empire of jin. But news from the far west killed a trade delegation with which he was trying to establish contact with the islamic world. It was this that turned him away from his conquests in china to the atlammic world.
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