Covering history's most marvelous millennium
Covering history's most marvelous millennium
This page contains all our reports regarding the Eastern Eurasian Middle Ages.
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When a fully-fledged Timurid army swoops into India with tens of thousands of horsemen and camels, only to be met with armored war elephants, death and devastation are sure to follow.
The mighty Mongol army tried to invade Vietnam on multiple occasions but had great difficulty bringing the country to heel.
For centuries, the Khitans ruled Northern China as the Liao dynasty. But their oppression and rape of Manchurian women sired a rebellion that would come to haunt them.
It fell upon Prithviraj Chauhan to keep India's gates closed to surging Afghan attacks. But the stubborn sultan of the northern invaders turned out to be a major problem for the prince.
Marco Polo went to the edge of the medieval world. His tale is rather sketchy at times, but his claim that he served the Mongol khan in the East for years is probably true.
The famous poet Poeun was forced to choose between aggressive revolutionaries and loyalty to the old regime. A bridge now in North Korea still commemorates his fate.
Chinese general Zhang Xun was steadfast and untiring in his loyalty to the imperial regime. As a result, he was prepared to make great - and extreme - sacrifices.
Contemporaries described the Mongol invasions as a tsunami. Now it seems they did indeed ride a wave of good luck - and rain.
