Did the Mongol Empire Deliver Gunpowder to Europe? - The Siege Camps of the Mongol Empire | Sleepy Facts About History

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Opublikowano: 2026-10-24

Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! When we picture a Mongol army, most of us imagine horsemen sweeping across open steppe. But by the time Mongol forces reached the walled cities of northern China, Central Asia, and the Middle East, they had transformed into something entirely different: mobile siege operations assembled from conscripted engineers across a continent. This episode explores how that transformation happened and what it meant for the movement of explosive and incendiary technologies across Eurasia. Rather than a simple...