MONGOLS AND TURKS

What Factors Contributed To The Expansion Of The Mongols And Turks Against Resistance From Already Developed Civilizations?

What Factors Contributed To The Expansion Of The Mongols And Turks Against Resistance From Already Developed Civilizations?

Introduction

The Mongol Empire was the largest empire in history. Established by Genghis Khan from the year 1206, the empire reached its height to a maximum of about 33,000,000 km², ranging from the peninsula of Korea to Danube, and had a population of more than 100 million people (Philip, 2005). The expansion of the Turks came under the Ottoman Empire. It is the name for the empire of ...