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Message: <blockquote data-quote="barsoomcore" data-source="post: 2383708" data-attributes="member: 812">Genghis Khan And The Making Of The Modern World is a pretty readable book on the subject. Does a lot to refute the notion that the Mongols had no impact on the world. True, they didn't create a form of architecture but then, they were frickin' nomads so whaddya want? Sheesh.One suggestion in the book is that the Mongol's diet actually helped them out quite a bit. Because they were protein eaters, they were able to go longer without food (and were generally healthier and stronger) than the agricultural peasants they fought (whose diet of starch and carbohydrates made them more vulnerable to famine and disease). He also suggests that as herdsmen, the Mongols were naturally better at stirring up and directing fearful hordes of fleeing people, and indeed, the Mongols themselves say that they used exactly the same techniques (and terminology) for directing the terrified mobs of refugees that they used in managing their herds. The result being that the powers resisting the Mongol invasions found themselves overwhelmed with huge numbers of fleeing refugees that swamped their ability to act or control the situation.And finally, he suggests that the Mongols recognized that mountainous, forested Europe would not grant them the sorts of advantages they liked, and that generally Europe lacked the sorts of enticements that would have made the effort worth the trouble.Basically, they got to Europe, looked it over, and said, "Nah. Call us when you get your act together."</blockquote>

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