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Béla IV flees from Mohi, detail from Chronicon Pictum Date April 11, 1241 Location Muhi on the Sajó River in northeastern Hungary Opponents (* winner) *Mongols Hungarians *Mongols Commander Subotai Hungarians King Béla IV Approx. # Troops *Mongols As many as 120,000 Hungarians More than 100,000 Importance The Mongols ravage eastern Hungary and Transylvania and […]

The Mongol incursions presented Europe with insuperable military problems. An initial raid in 1223 tested the Russian states’ mettle and found it wanting. Then, in a series of consecutive campaigns from 1237-41, Mongol forces overran Russia and devastated Poland and Hungary. Against their strategic speed and discipline in battle, western arms proved totally inadequate. A […]