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Batu Khan ? - 1255
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Image above:
Batu Khan bust
located at Sogut (Söğüt), Turkey
Photo
Maderibeyza |
Batu was the grandson of
Genghis Khan.
In 1235, Batu was promoted commander of
chief of the eastern Mongol army. The assignment? The conquest of
Europe.
Great task, great genes, and Batu did a
great job. Five years later Moscow and Kiev were defeated. Another
two years and Hungary and Poland were in the bag. Germany was next
on the list.
Unfortunately for the Mongols and
luckily for the rest of Europe, the great khan of the
Golden Horde,
who was also Batu's brother, Ögödei
(Ogodei), died in December 1241
and Batu and his troops went back to Karakorum, then the capital of
the Mongol Empire.
And here are the maps
GOLDEN HORDE IN EUROPE
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The Yellow Empire
at its largest extension
Asia 1200 - Races
Russia 1240 - Tartar Invasion
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