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Survival Strategies when confronting a Mongol invasion
Speaker: Dr Nicholas Morton, Associate Professor at Nottingham Trent University
When a Mongol army crosses the frontier, what is your next move? Run? Fight? Submit? Negotiate? This lecture explores the various countermeasures deployed by civilizations across the Middle East when facing overthrow.
During the early thirteenth century, the Mongol Empire conquered the greater part of the Asian continent, subjugating tens of different civilizations and communities. Thousands died in the fighting - many more were displaced - but some survived.
Focusing on the Mongol invasions into the Middle East, Dr Nicholas Morton explores how some territories managed to the resist the Mongols, while others found ways either to survive or even to thrive under Mongol rule. He asks, is the breakdown of social order and the norms of everyday life a thing of the past, or does it hold lessons for the future?
Join us for this in-depth look at how different groups attempted to survive in this kind of environment. Their most successful strategies may well surprise you.
Image: Helmet [ЧХМ2022.173.10] Courtesy of the Chinggis Khan National Museum.
The lecture will be delivered in person in the War Cinema at the Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds and live-streamed online.
Please pre-book. You will receive a link to the live online presentation in your booking confirmation.
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