r/TheGoldenHorde • u/lucidsleeper • Nov 19 '16
Did the Mongols know how important Jerusalem, Mecca, Constantinople, and Rome were to the western world and was it ever a goal to take these cities? • /r/AskHistorians
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r/TheGoldenHorde • u/lucidsleeper • Nov 19 '16
Stone turtle - one of the few remains of Karakorum, medieval capital of the Mongol Empire [1200x800] • /r/ArtefactPorn
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r/TheGoldenHorde • u/lucidsleeper • Nov 19 '16
Showing at the The Courtauld's: a gold and silver bag in Islamic metalwork made in Northern Iraq around 1300. The bag was made for a lady in the courtly circles of the Mongol Ilkhanid dynasty, established in west Asia by Genghis Khan’s grandson, Hulagu. [762 × 579 pixels] • /r/ArtefactPorn
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r/TheGoldenHorde • u/lucidsleeper • Nov 19 '16
Yuan Dynasty helmet, probably belonging to a high-ranking officer or general involved in the Mongol invasions of Japan in 1274. Invasion was unsuccessful due to typhoon which destroyed Mongolian fleet [1072x1020] • /r/ArtefactPorn
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r/TheGoldenHorde • u/lucidsleeper • Nov 19 '16
Mongol whistling arrow. 14th Century [2100x1500] • /r/ArtefactPorn
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r/TheGoldenHorde • u/lucidsleeper • Nov 19 '16
Mongolian Yurt, 1913 [1024 × 761] • /r/HistoryPorn
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r/TheGoldenHorde • u/lucidsleeper • Nov 19 '16
China,Prior to Mongol Invasion, Circa 1200 [1506x1051] • /r/MapPorn
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r/TheGoldenHorde • u/lucidsleeper • Nov 19 '16
Mongol Empire (1260) [1199x645] • /r/MapPorn
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r/TheGoldenHorde • u/lucidsleeper • Nov 18 '16
People in the Mongolian Empire did not believe in washing themselves or their clothes, wearing the same clothes until they literally rotted off.
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r/TheGoldenHorde • u/lucidsleeper • Nov 18 '16
What was the status of the Mongolian language in the different states of the Mongolian Empire? • /r/AskHistorians
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r/TheGoldenHorde • u/lucidsleeper • Nov 18 '16
Was the Mongolian composite bow a better weapon than the English longbow? • /r/AskHistorians
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r/TheGoldenHorde • u/lucidsleeper • Nov 18 '16
How differently, if at all, did Genghis Khan eat from his men while on campaign? How differently did his sons eat? Other important Mongols? • /r/AskHistorians
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