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29 April 2026, 2pm
Survival Strategies
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Survival Strategies when confronting a Mongol invasion.
Speaker: Dr Nicholas Morton, Associate Professor, Nottingham Trent University.
When a Mongol army crosses the frontier, what is your next move? Run? Fight? Submit? Negotiate? This lecture explores the various countermeasures deployed by civilizations across the Middle East when facing overthrow.
Mongol invasions of the Middle East
During the early thirteenth century, the Mongol Empire conquered the greater part of the Asian continent, subjugating tens of different civilizations and communities. Thousands died in the fighting - many more were displaced - but some survived.
Focusing on the Mongol invasions into the Middle East, Dr Morton will explore how some territories managed to the resist the Mongols, while others found ways either to survive or even to thrive under Mongol rule. Asking the question, is the breakdown of social order and the norms of everyday life a thing of the past, or does it hold lessons for the future?
Join us for this in-depth look at how different groups attempted to survive in this kind of environment. Their most successful strategies may well surprise you.
The lecture will be delivered in person in the War Cinema at the Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds and live-streamed online.
Image: Helmet [ЧХМ2022.173.10] Courtesy of the Chinggis Khan National Museum.
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