AFTER UNITING THE MONGOL TRIBES, HE CONQUERED THE CHIN EMPIRE OF NORTHERN CHINA BY 1215. FOR THE NEXT NINE YEARS HIS ARMIES MOVED WESTWARD, OVERRUNNING ALL IN THEIR PATH AND REACHING WELL INTO EASTERN EUROPE. THE MONGOL HORDES WERE ARMIES OF MOUNTED BOWMEN WHO WERE OUSTANDING RIDERS AND MARKSMEN. THEIR RECURVED BOW DESIGN WAS TECHNOLOGICALLY AHEAD OF WESTERN WEAPONS, BEING BOTH COMPACT AND POWERFUL. FROM HIS CAPITAL AT KARAKORUM, SOUTH OF LAKE BAIKAL, THE GREAT KAHN PRESIDED OVER ONE OF THE LARGEST LAND EMPIRES IN HISTORY.
THREAT REPORT
THE MONGOLS ARE THE SINGLE MOST DANGEROUS CIVILIZATION THAT EVER EXISTED (6/6). THEY CAN BE EXPECTED TO EXPAND VERY AGGRESSIVELY AT THE EXPENSE OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF INDIVIDUAL CITIES. DESTROY THEM AT ALL COSTS, AND AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THEY CANNOT BE TRUSTED IN THE SLIGHTEST.
AFTER UNITING THE MONGOL TRIBES, HE CONQUERED THE CHIN EMPIRE OF NORTHERN CHINA BY 1215. FOR THE NEXT NINE YEARS HIS ARMIES MOVED WESTWARD, OVERRUNNING ALL IN THEIR PATH AND REACHING WELL INTO EASTERN EUROPE. THE MONGOL HORDES WERE ARMIES OF MOUNTED BOWMEN WHO WERE OUSTANDING RIDERS AND MARKSMEN. THEIR RECURVED BOW DESIGN WAS TECHNOLOGICALLY AHEAD OF WESTERN WEAPONS, BEING BOTH COMPACT AND POWERFUL. FROM HIS CAPITAL AT KARAKORUM, SOUTH OF LAKE BAIKAL, THE GREAT KAHN PRESIDED OVER ONE OF THE LARGEST LAND EMPIRES IN HISTORY.
