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Why did Genghis Khan not fight near then, but went to fight in far away Europe?

"Why did Genghis Khan not fight India, but went to fight in distant Europe?" This question is one of the better known historical questions now. Some people believe that it was purely because India was "lucky", Genghis Khan experienced some strange spiritual events on his way to India, or he was tired of the war and returned to the Central Plains.

There are also some experts who analyze the timing and say a lot of possible reasons.

I think Genghis Khan did not fight India may be both "accidental good luck" and some "right place, right time".

First of all, we know that Genghis Khan attacked other countries using swift cavalry, which was very well suited for running and killing on the plains of Russia, whereas in India, the climate was unusual and the land was soft, and Mongolian horses and cavalry were very unsuited to the fighting conditions here. Moreover, the Indian climate was very hot, and Genghis Khan's cavalrymen, who were natives of the north and adapted to a cold climate, could not stand such temperatures in India. Probably in the river on the heatstroke to go home. This is the climatic factor, but also the "right place, right time"

Additionally, India's soldiers seem to have a kind of soldier called "elephant soldiers", that is, riding an elephant combat soldiers, horses see elephants such a rampaging behemoth, of course, scared, and at the time Did the military advisors of the Yuan Dynasty think of "fire attack"? Genghis Khan's cavalry could have been defeated by the Indian elephant soldiers.

I also think there is a possibility that Genghis Khan became interested in such a distant part of Europe. We know that human curiosity and desire for conquest is very strong, when Genghis Khan hit the land of Europe, see a new race, inevitably a little strange, and then thought "conquer them!" So he was persistent in attacking Europe.