Following numerous frigid nights and a considerable distance, the party arrives at a Chinese city bearing a gift for Ambaghai Khan, the ruler of a nomadic confederation hailing from the desolate northern region. Beyond the city gates of Zhongdu, the capital of the Jurchen Jin Dynasty, the prisoner is escorted through streets where curious onlookers […]
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The Fall of Baghdad to the Mongols: A Tragic Chapter in History
In the shadow of resplendent arches, envoys approached the court of the Abbasid Caliph al-Mustasim, the revered spiritual leader of millions of Sunni Muslims across the globe. The envoys presented a message from Hulagu Khan, the World Conqueror, which detailed the Mongol Army’s conquests from the era of Genghis Khan to the present day. It […]