Where did the Mongols find resources to conquer such a massive land area?
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Horses, they had tons of horses.
They used them as transportation, would ride one until it is tired then swap to another to keep going. They ate the horses for food. and finally they used them to gain advantage in battle with hit and run tactics before the enemy could mount any significant resistance
The mongols had key technological and strategy advantages over Europeans in that they used weapons and tactics that European armies had no effective defense against at that time.
Mongols fought from horseback and used compound bows that they were trained to fire on the move. While Europeans also used horses they didn’t rely on there’s to nearly the same extent the mongols did. Mongols essentially had an all vehicle army long before anyone else did. They had extensive and effective long range communications, and their entire force and supply train was highly mobile.
While European knights were very well armored the Mongols fought with limited armor making them much faster and more maneuverable. They were able to hit and fade and exploit their enemies weaknesses much better than the Europeans.
The term ‘mongol hoard’ is pretty descriptive of how they were able to amass so many resources. They were a nomadic people that move their armies from place to place while raiding and taking resources from the very places they conquered. The more successful they were, the more resources they had to work with.
Being a nomadic people they didn’t require a lot of luxuries and were used to subsisting on not a lot as well
By conquering such a massive land area.
They didn’t claim everything in the span of a few days. They conquered a bit of land, drafted some people into their army, fed their people, repaired their weapons, and went on to the next bit of land. They did the same there, and at the next bit of land, and the next, and the next.
They found them by conquering. Life on the Asian steppes was pretty hard and miserable. So the nomadic people who were really good at riding horses and using bows used those skills to invade nicer places and took the resources there.
Horses, they had tons of horses.
They used them as transportation, would ride one until it is tired then swap to another to keep going. They ate the horses for food. and finally they used them to gain advantage in battle with hit and run tactics before the enemy could mount any significant resistance
They were able to move armies at crazy speed.
This allowed them to beat everyone with less effort. Basically they were a lot more cost efficient, therefore little resources still delivered massive results in their hands.
Imagine you can’t chase them, while they can go around your army and beat up your lands. Even if you are stronger in a spot, they can attack another and force you to run around with no results. If you spread your forces to protect every place, they come full force onto a single detachment, delete it and attack another. Rinse and repeat, you have to surrender to them and pay tribute, which gives them more money to finance more conquering.
By conquering such a massive land area.
They didn’t claim everything in the span of a few days. They conquered a bit of land, drafted some people into their army, fed their people, repaired their weapons, and went on to the next bit of land. They did the same there, and at the next bit of land, and the next, and the next.
They found them by conquering. Life on the Asian steppes was pretty hard and miserable. So the nomadic people who were really good at riding horses and using bows used those skills to invade nicer places and took the resources there.
The mongols had key technological and strategy advantages over Europeans in that they used weapons and tactics that European armies had no effective defense against at that time.
Mongols fought from horseback and used compound bows that they were trained to fire on the move. While Europeans also used horses they didn’t rely on there’s to nearly the same extent the mongols did. Mongols essentially had an all vehicle army long before anyone else did. They had extensive and effective long range communications, and their entire force and supply train was highly mobile.
While European knights were very well armored the Mongols fought with limited armor making them much faster and more maneuverable. They were able to hit and fade and exploit their enemies weaknesses much better than the Europeans.
The term ‘mongol hoard’ is pretty descriptive of how they were able to amass so many resources. They were a nomadic people that move their armies from place to place while raiding and taking resources from the very places they conquered. The more successful they were, the more resources they had to work with.
Being a nomadic people they didn’t require a lot of luxuries and were used to subsisting on not a lot as well
They were able to move armies at crazy speed.
This allowed them to beat everyone with less effort. Basically they were a lot more cost efficient, therefore little resources still delivered massive results in their hands.
Imagine you can’t chase them, while they can go around your army and beat up your lands. Even if you are stronger in a spot, they can attack another and force you to run around with no results. If you spread your forces to protect every place, they come full force onto a single detachment, delete it and attack another. Rinse and repeat, you have to surrender to them and pay tribute, which gives them more money to finance more conquering.
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