"The grass grows high round this old, old ruin, Gone the guards, the gatekeepers fallen towers, Crumbling pavilions, My soul destroyed. Beneath the eaves of ancient halls Swallows dart. but within, Silence"1 One Chinese poet of the time wrote after he visited China's former imperial palace after the Mongolian horde swept through. Through out human history, there had been many great civilizations that were formed and shaped the world as it is today. But with …showed first 75 words of 1773 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1773 total…so aggressive and take over china which made china not advace for a long period, the Goths sacking Rome, and the crusaders sacking the Islamic religions nothing would change. Thousands of them swarm no force of mankind can stop them For these demons have won (Shogun in japan words of a solder at war)19 BIBLIOGRAPHY THE MONGOL CONQUEST BY ELLEN PHILLIPS 20 30 10 20 56 88 BY GIBBONS DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE 178 188 THE CRUSADES BY JOSH HEART 160 10 22 45