Mongol+Transportation+and+Weaponary

=__Strategy/Tactics__= [[|Ebsco]] 10 000 men = a tumen which was led by a noyen (a commander) 1 000 men = a minghan 100 men = a jagun 10 men = an arban
 * the Mongols were big on psychological warfare
 * when they faced heavily armoured Europeans they would often fake a retreat to make the Europeans chase them and cause them to fall into a trap (the Europeans considered retreating a sign of weakness)
 * the Mongols were master tacticians
 * Genghis Kahn created a decimal orginization system of his armies:
 * which was further dived into:
 * two to five tumen was called a ordu (which was where the word horde came from) was the size of a normal Mongol attack force

=__Weapons__= [[|Ebsco]] several quivers of arrows two bows (one lighter for close range and heavier one for long range) a battle axe a short sword a lance a knife
 * the Mongols had many weapons which they used in their conquering
 * a Mongol's main weapon was the crossbow[[image:crossbow.jpg width="325" height="247" align="right" caption="The Crossbow was a Mongol warriors primary weapon."]]
 * their arrows were created so that would whistle while going through the air (this was part of their pyschological warfare)
 * a 20 000 strong army galloping towards their enemy at full speed with 1 000's of whistling arrows flying through the air
 * usually a Mongol soldier would carry the following weapons:

=__Transportation__= Back to Andrew's Research Notes
 * a Mongol's main mode of transportation were horses [[|Ebsco]]
 * horses were a mongols most prized possession [[|Ebsco]]
 * camels were used to carry heavy burdens [[|Ebsco]]
 * the Mongols created a mail system with outposts (well guarded) all over their territory [[|Wikipedia]]
 * a messenger would travel approximately 40 km between each outpost [[|Wikipedia]]
 * when they reached a new outpost they would either receive a new horse or pass the message on [[|Wikipedia]]
 * usually the messengers would travel 200 kilometers a day [[|Wikipedia]]