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The remainder of the Mongol army retreated to Cilician Armenia, where they were received and re-equipped by Hethum I. [43] Ain Jalut marked a major turning point in the history of the Mongols, as it was the first major battle that they had lost, and set the western border for what had seemed an unstoppable expansion of the Mongol Empire.
Afghanistan is a mountainous landlocked country at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. [1] [2] Some of the invaders in the history of Afghanistan include the Maurya Empire, the ancient Macedonian Empire of Alexander the Great, the Rashidun Caliphate, the Mongol Empire led by Genghis Khan, the Ghaznavid Empire of Turkic Mahmud of Ghazni, the Ghurid Dynasty of Muhammad of Ghor the ...
Tactics followed by Crusaders varied according to the commander at the time and depended on the strengths of the different armies. The Crusaders were generally less mobile than their foes especially the Seljuk Turks who regularly used horse archers. However, the Crusader heavy cavalry had a powerful charge that could and did turn many battles.
From May 1996, Osama bin Laden had been living in Afghanistan along with other members of al-Qaeda, operating terrorist training camps in a loose alliance with the Taliban. [1] Following the 1998 US embassy bombings in Africa, the US military launched cruise missiles at these camps with limited effect on their overall operations. A follow-on ...
The Mongol army sacked several cities, including Zaveh, Quchan, Tus, Qazvin and Ardabil, [29] [22] and then wintered in the Mughan steppes. [30] Jalal al-Din needed an army to confront the Mongols. The Sultan went to Gurganj, a city reportedly housing 90,000 troops, but the city officials preferred his brother Uzlaq Shah as the Sultan.
During the time period of the later Crusades (1250s to 1260s), there was a short-lived Armenian-Mongol alliance, engaged in some combined military operations against their common enemy, the Mamluks. They succeeded in the siege of Baghdad (1258) , but suffered defeat eight years later.
The Mongol conquest of Cumania: Mongol Empire: Kipchaks: Victory 1220–1238 Mongol invasions of Georgia: Mongol Empire: Kingdom of Georgia: Victory 1220–1236 Mongol invasions of Armenia: Mongol Empire: Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia: Victory 1221–1225 First Mongol invasions of India: Mongol Empire: Punjab Sindh Kerman: Victory 1223–1240 ...
Despenser's Crusade: Despenser's Crusade (1383), also known as the Norwich Crusade, was a military expedition led by Henry le Despenser in order to assist Ghent in its struggle against the supporters of antipope Clement VII. A crusade associated with the Great Schism.