However, during the High Middle Ages, a man named Temujin was able to break old traditions and unite all the Mongols. He was later titled "Genghis Khan" meaning "Universal Ruler (of the Mongols)".So how were they able to overthrow the wealthiest and strongest nations and kingdoms? The primary reason is their brilliant leadership, survival skills, natural toughness, and the 100% horse-based military. Every warrior in the Mongol army
The empires of the time “showed remarkable resilience, providing a strong focus for the numerous groups under their rule.” (Prof. J. Duindam, Leiden University) The Mongols through excellent military cunning and having one of the greatest leaders in history, allowed them to become a major force in Eurasia. This essay will document the rapid ascent of the Mongolian empire and how they extended their borders into many regions of Eurasia. Like all empires, the Mongols began as a group of tribes and grew from there. There are many possible starting points, but the majority of historians mark the group of tribal factions located around Lake Bajkal as the original Mongols. This community was rife with “cultural exchange and development.” (Mongols Origins.
The Mongol Empire was a military empire. Their leader was Genghis Khan. Using the weapons that they got from China, the Mongols conquered established states: Persia, China, and Russia. The Mongols were violent in their conquering. It was described as horrific by Russian crusaders.
By the end of his life, the Mongol Empire occupied a substantial portion of Central Asia and China. Genghis khan had a great strategic mind that work best when he incorporated his small raiding/scouting parties using the decimal system to use him to make their enemies run into ambushes and to encircle them. Ethnic Mongols are bound together by a common language and culture. They speak languages belonging to the Mongolic languages. When the last
Many people believe that the Mongolians were barbaric people of the 13th century, yet the Mongolians were a peaceful people for long periods of time. While the Mongolians did have their share of good times, their barbaric nature was more dramatic and outweighed their good side. With the Mongols having few warriors in the beginning, they had to develop an extraordinary army, complete with top notch battle plans and a set understanding of where they wanted to dominate. Their army greatly revolved around loyalty, not only to the khan, but also to each member of the army and to themselves. They believed that there should be ranks within their army and that one man should always hold supreme ruling over someone else or another group.
Building The Mongol War Machine The men of the Mongol tribes that had elevated Chinggis Khan to leadership were in many ways natural warriors. Trained from youth not only to ride but also to hunt and fight, they were physically tough, mobile, and accustomed to killing and death. They wielded a variety of weapons, including lances, hatchets, and iron maces. None of their weapons was as demoralizing for enemy forces as their powerful short bows. A Mongol warrior could fire a quiver of arrows with stunning accuracy without breaking the stride of his horse.
Genghis Khan As a foreigner, Genghis Khan had a unique approach to warfare that overwhelmed the opposition and used completely different methods than which were being used for hundreds of years before. He was a great militaristic leader who expanded the boundaries of the Mongol empire through conquest. The Mongol military tactics and organization enabled Genghis Khan and the Mongol Empire to conquer nearly all of continental Asia, the Middle East and parts of Eastern Europe. The foundation to conquering and controlling such vast amounts of land was because of the nomadic lifestyle of the Mongols other tactics were invented by Genghis Khan, his generals, and his successors. Technologies useful to attack fortifications were taken from other
Greek soldiers formed dense groupings called phalanxes that were usually eight to sixteen men deep. Phalanxes, when packed together, provided an impressive wall of heavily armed men. For the phalanx to succeed, the men had to practice rigid discipline; if the phalanx broke, all of the hoplites might well be killed. b. Macedonian, to 500 BCE The man who finally beat the Greek system was a Macedonian and one of the greatest military minds of all time was Alexander the Great. His use of flexible, fast arms like cavalry and light infantry.
The Reds relentlessly employed superior military technique, but also were able to win over a far greater number of people through their innovative and attractive land policies. Conversely, the White army was quite incapable of waging a successful fight against their enemy. They lacked proper military and socio-political technique, struggling to mobilize their forces with the same
Motti Motti is a Finnish tactic of attacking an enemy’s flank, which was used extensively by the Finnish army in the Winter War. A motti is a double envelopment manoeuvre, using the ability of light troops to travel over rough ground to encircle an enemy restricted to open terrain or roads. Heavily outnumbered but mobile forces could easily immobilize an enemy many times more numerous. Motti also refers to one cubic meter of fire or pulpwood. During the war, logs known as Motti were used for jamming the tanks by putting it on the tracks of the tanks.