Why did the Mongols Leave Europe? DOCUMENTARY

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Batu 1241: My stomach hurts. Let's go home... Historians centuries later: WHY???

Interesting. I'd always assumed that the "Great Khan death" theory was settled history.

Short version: “We don’t know. Thanks for watching.”

This is excellent. Historical events rarely have a single, tidy cause. Having multiple theories that don't agree with each other reflects how history actually is as a field of study.

Apparently, escaping to an island was the preferred choice of Kings running from the Mongols. The Khwarizmid Sultan also escaped to an Island in the caspian sea

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An interesting fact is that there is a Mongolic people that still live in Europe: the Kalmyks. Kalmyks live between the Volga river and the Caucasus in Russia, and its republic Kalmykia is the only place in Europe where Buddhists are the dominant religion group.

When I feel bummed out that YouTube has turned into a platform for A.I.-overloaded generic content, a Kings and Generals notification appears to raise my spirits.

“Will we see a continuation of the Mongol invasion of Europe on your Wizards and Warriors channel?”

Im still wondering why no one has made a full game solely focused on the Mongol conquests starting from Chinggis Khan uniting the tribes all the way to the death of Mongke Khan. It would make one hell of a game, in my opinion.

I just can't imagine the logistic and administrative challenges the Mongols were facing. This was the age when you rely on horses for transportation, across the entire Eurasian continent. It is not like Batu could just send a Whatsapp message to the Mongol court and have reinforcements and supplies flying in the next day.

From what I gathered from multiple sources, the most likely option is that a number of factors made the conquest of western Europe not worth the effort for the mongols, and Batu was smart enough to quit while he was ahead. For starters, there was a HUGE distance between Europe and the core of the Mongolian empire, which meant that any army that tried to conquer Europe would have essentially been on its own, unable to receive substantial reinforcements. Moreover the amount of resources that could be diverted to attack Europe were limited, since the Mongols had to patrol and control a huge empire already. In addition to this, Europe proved to be a tough nut to crack. While the mongols achieved significant military successes in Eastern Europe, they didn't really fare well in sieges against stone castles (which they often left alone) and Western Europe had many more stone castles compared to Poland and Hungary. The Mongols certainly had the means to perform successful siege operations (like the did in China) but it would have slowed down considerably, making them lose their main advantage (mobility). Moreover, due to the decentralization of Europe due to the feudal system, they couldn't just strike the enemy capital and cut the snake's head, so to speak, but they'd be stuck sieging castle after castle just to bring down a single region. In addition to this, Western Europe was not suitable at all for their style of warfare, since the hilly and rugged terrain would reduce their mobility and make their cavalry vulnerable. To summarize, the Mongols would have certainly tried to conquer Europe if they thought that they could do so easily. Invading Poland and Hungary was almost certainly an attempt to establish a beachhead from which they could stage further campaigns into Europe. But after taking a better look at the western part of Europe, not to mention after suffering significant casualties due to the resistance of the locals, Batu most likely realized that trying to proceed further west would have been incredibly hard and would have resulted in a pyrrhic victory at best, so he did the smart thing and turned away.

When I learned history in college, I had to write the local effects and happenings of the mongol invasion of 1241. In the hungarian plains it was quite common practice for the people who lived there to flee into the swamps in time of need. They did so during the mongol invasion too, and with one mongol party some local hungarian peasants lured them into the swamps, by saying that they are starving and they are willing to surrender, so they guided them into the middle of the swamp, then set the whole thing on fire. All of them burned and choked there.

My theory, which I almost always use when there are many theories, is "a little bit of everything" and it has never failed me.

Awesome Channel with equally awesome content. ANYTHING to do with the Mongols and other peoples of Steppe greatly interests me! Great job as always! Suggestion: On your Wizards and Warriors Channel, how about exploring the Dune Universe and in particular THE SARDAUKAR?

The reason for the Mongol retreat was probably a combination of political, logistical and military difficulties. After the conquest of lowland Hungary, the Mongols reached the shores of the Adriatic, but the mountainous area in the hinterland of Dalmatia did not have enough pastures, and it was also ideal for guerrilla warfare. Isolated Mongolian detachments were destroyed near Sebenico, the island of Pag, the fortified towns of Trau and Clissa. The death of Ogodei contributed to the final decision to withdraw.

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I wonder how well Mongols knew about Europe politically. AFAIK, Mongols did usually gather very much intelligence about their target countries before attacking. It would be prudent to assume that Mongols knew Hungarian, Polish and Balkan lands quite well but how well did they know about the capabilities Holy Roman Empire or France in detail?

I just thought that they realised that, with so many losses, they would be stretched far too thin to conquer, secure and maintain the land. So, they left on a high note, knowing that they had spread fear, and leaving the door open to come back again.