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Battle between Mongols clans and tribes during the time of Genghis Khan. Source: insima / Adobe Stock.

5 September, 2019 - 01:56 Dr. Timothy C. ...

Mosquito Hordes: How a Pesky Insect Destroyed the ‘Almost’ Invincible Mongol Empire

The inhospitable, remote high steppes and grassland of the austere and windswept northern Asian plateau were occupied by warring tribal clans and duplicitous factions. Alliances were capricious,...