Mongol+Industrial+and+Artistic+Technology

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 * Any materials the Mongols used always changed depending on where they were [[|Ebsco]]
 * lived in tents called yurts, were created to be easy to pack up and carry away [[|Ebsco]]
 * yurts were made up of circular centre from which wooden poles extended [[|Ebsco]][[image:yurt.jpg align="right" caption="Inside view of a yurt."]]
 * yurts could be disassembled in an hour [[|Ebsco]]
 * when attacking cities the Mongols would often take engineers and put them to work for them [[|Ebsco]]
 * the Mongols had their engineers build them catapults and giant crossbows (ballistas) [[|Ebsco]]
 * the Mongols also had siege engines which were take apart and taken by horse to the site of the next attack [[|Ebsco]]