American Forum for Global Education
American Forum for Global Education: The Mongol War Machine
Discussion of the reasons for the success of the Mongol armies.
University of Calgary
Gunpowder
This history note on gunpowder looks at the invention of gunpowder by the Chinese and its use against the Mongols in warfare.
The History Cat
The History Cat: The House of Wisdom
Describes how Baghdad grew into a place of scholarship during the Golden Age of Islam. The Caliph, Abdullah Al Ma'moun, brought many foreign scholars to translate books by renowned thinkers and philosophers for Baghdad's House of Wisdom....