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How the Europeans fought the Mongols - Medieval History DOCUMENTARY

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The Kings and Generals animated historical documentary series on Mongol History continues with a video explaining how the Europeans planned to fight and fought against Mongols.

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@KingsandGenerals Creator 4 years ago (edited) Pinned

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@jonathanowen9917 3 years ago

The fact that 65 year-old Carpini went all the way to Karakoum to learn of the Mongols, traveled all the way home, wrote a report on how to successfully defeat the Mongols and the response from the European leaders was “Cool read but nah I’m good” is so real life.

@Liquidsback 4 years ago

Spam watchtowers/keeps, invest in monks, trash units like hussars and halberdiers are a good investment, then challenge them on water maps.

@viclorenzo5016 4 years ago

Carpini: Writes the most detailed and comprehensive strategy for battling the Mongols

European leaders: Ignore it

@bangscutter 4 years ago

9:33 Carpini's suggestion for united defence against the Mongols is remarkably like a "Medieval NATO".

@johnsteiner3417 4 years ago

Cappini: This is how you beat the Mongols."
European lords: "I'm not paying for that."
also European lords: pays more for losses and for tribute

@RexTheGoldendoodle 4 years ago

For those wondering how King Béla IV survived after the Battle of Mohi, he survived off an island off Croatia to ride out the Mongol follow up raids.

@JustinQuilling 4 years ago

Very fascinating. I live in Kraków, Poland and it is so bizarre to know the Mongols invaded and sacked this city twice!

@JonBrownSherman 4 years ago (edited)

09:47 This is probably the BEST advice for fighting the Mongols that anyone can get, hands down.

@RexTheGoldendoodle 4 years ago

Batu Khan sent a message to Frederick II of the Holy Roman Empire who was solidifying his grip on Sicily asking for his submission. He trolled him in response saying "he would gladly be his falconer". At the same time, Frederick II stocked up on crossbows and provisioned his castles.

@toddchavez8274 4 years ago

Caroline is the best argument against time travel to tell ancient people how to beat their foes. They didn’t listen even to their contemporaries.

@kosa9662 4 years ago

Uh, Teutonic Knights represented as knights from Poland or Duchy of Lithuania, this is quite a good example of miss-information

@mikemodugno5879 4 years ago

Great video! I would love to see more about Hungary, Nogai, the Cumans, and the Horde. In fact, could we see a video about what happened to the Cumans (there is, after all, a region called Cumania in the Kingdom of Hungary) in both the Christian and Islamic worlds? You guys do such a fantastic job.

@iliasmastoris529 4 years ago (edited)

A favourite tactic of Byzantines during their low point against the Arabs (AD 600-800), was to ambush the booty-laden retiring invaders. And yes, the Byzantines also employed mounted armoured lancers with rear rank unarmoured archers, something they learnt from the Huns and other steppe people's

@LaikoUzrasai 3 years ago

Actually there is known how Lithuanians fought Mongols in Rus principalities. For example Grand duke of Lithuania Gediminas in battle of Blue Waters used a curved line formation of 6 columns that prevented Mongols to outflank Lithuanian troops. Other sources mention that Lithuanian infantry used to form a defensive circle of shields and used their pikes to strike against mounted Mongols cavalry. It shows that Eastern Europeans studied mongols warfare and adopted successful tactics to win battles.

@Kernowflagman 3 years ago

The monk reminds me of Robert baratheon telling cersei Lannister what would happen if they simply hid in their castles whilst the dothraki ruined the kingdoms.

@Mankorra_Gomorrah 4 years ago

Carpini was literally the OG commander Shepard.

@salecc9432 2 years ago

While you did mention Nogai's failure to raid Serbia, you failed to mention that Dragutin and Milutin managed to do it by employing Carpini's tactics of staying in formation with a simple signal from a horn if anyone broke of trying to chase the Mongols

@smarthungyo 4 years ago

One of the most dominant and the largest land empire and I find it surprising that other history channels hardly covers it. It will be great if more channels starts covering more about Mongols, Chinese, egyptians and Indians.

@NathanS__ 4 years ago

I heard Frederick II, HRE, ordered the construction and expansion of new castles and fortifications and the stockpiling of crossbows.
Although the Mongol threat came late in his Reign.