Why did the Mongols invade China?

Описание: Many people don't actually ask "Why did the Mongols invade China?" proffering just to say that it did happen. They also don't differentiate between the Xi Xia Tangut Kingdom and the Jurchen Jin Dynasty, which is very important for the context of the invasion. Here's a few reasons which may have been the impetus for the attack on China, and perhaps will clear up some misunderstandings about this stage in the Mongol Empire as well.

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SOURCES USED:

Allsen, Thomas. “The rise of the Mongolian Empire and Mongolian Rule in North China.” In
The Cambridge History of China. Vol. 6, Alien regimes and border states, 907-1368.
Edited by Denis Twitchett and John K. Fairbank, 321-413. Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press, 1994.

Daniel, Ruth. “The Hsi Hsia.” In The Cambridge History of China. Vol. 6, Alien regimes and
border states, 907-1368. Edited by Denis Twitchett and John K. Fairbank, 154-214.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994.

Ratchnevsky, Paul. Genghis Khan: His Life and Legacy. Edited and translated by Thomas
Nivison Haining. Oxford: Blackwell Publishers Ltd, 1991

Saunders, J.J. The History of the Mongol Conquests. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania
Press, 2001



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