During his reign, Kublai Khan decided to invade Japan. There was no really a justified reason for a such a move, as he was aware that his soldiers will come across a strong defensive line, and economically it made no sense, but that us what he had in mind and tried to achieve it.
He gathered a big fleet, and send a big Mongol army to invade Japan. The Japanese samurai were aware of it and were waiting on the coast for the enemy to come. The Mongols would have probably won with ease because of the sheer number of the soldiers, but than mother nature took things in her hands. A strong typhoon emerged just as the Mongols were about to reach the Japanese coast, and it destroyed their boats, and most of the soldiers drowned. The ones that managed to reach the coast were slathered, and Kublai Khan was left embarrassed by his actions.
When President Truman took a hard line against striking workers in the years immediately following World War II, he:
"had little understanding of the plight of laborers in the post-war years."
During the first months of his administration, he became involved in a struggle between coal miners and railroad workers. It took several meetings, and fierce arguments, to get them to agree, and end the strike.
The Mongols were terrifying warriors. However merchants leading caravans welcomed their conquest of Central Asia and China because they had a more favorable attitude toward merchants and commerce.
This was as a result of their nomadic way of life, which is much reliant on trade with sedentary peoples, and had caused them to recognize the importance of trade from the very earliest times.
One of the major reasons behind the Mongol conquest was due to the spoils of war. As their army grew, Genghis Khan and his son continued conquering and capturing cities in other to provide for the ever growing population.
<h3>Who were the Mongols?</h3>
The Mongols were citizens of Mongol empire, which was founded by Genghis Khan in 1206.
This empire Originated from the Mongol heartland in present day Mongolia, central Asia, and by the late 13th century it had stretched from the Pacific Ocean in the east to the Danube River and the shores of the Persian Gulf in the west.
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