Quigley wrote:seahorse2 wrote:Ghengis Khan was successful using horses (a weapon) on the open fields, but was fought to a standstill by the Romans in the woods of France.
You`ve mixed up Ghengis Khan and Attila the Hun. Ghengis Khan`s expansion ended in Russia while Attila was defeated somewhere in France (Champagne).
You are mistaken here. Ghenghis Khan had united France with Korea and Malaysia with Siberia.
He was not defeated in Russia. He had conquered any place in Western Europe, which he had seen worth conquering.
However his empire collapsed soon after his death.
His grand son (Batu Khan) was defeated in Russia, but he still managed to rule part of it.
Re Attila: He was not defeated in battle in Champagne, but he was defeated by one well born Roman bitch (forgot her name) who stabbed him to death while beeing fucked (so one story tells...)
Seahorse,
It would be really interesting to see Ghengis Khan battling Romans.
Sadly they never met.