Could the Mongols have taken Europe? The Mongols were certainly world-class conquerors. In the thirteenth century, they ruled the largest contiguous land empire in history. It is commonplace to hear that “only the death of the great khan prevented the Mongols from taking all of Europe” – the idea here being that the Mongols were on their way to conquering Europe, but then they abandoned this project to rush back home and battle one another over who would be the next ruler of the Mongol Empire. But could the Mongols really have subdued Europe? Or, would the Latin West have mounted an effective defense? We know that the Pope was calling for a crusade against the Mongols, would a full-scale Mongol campaign into the heart of Europe have prompted this crusade to materialize? What would have been the results?

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