Genghis Khan leads a Mongol military of fifty,000 warriors to overcome Chengdu, a key metropolis in China, in 1215 AD, marking a pivotal second in historical past.
The Mongols make the most of superior cavalry ways, using horses with out reins and executing fast, devastating assaults, revolutionizing warfare.
Local weather change in Mongolia drives the Mongols southward, looking for assets in China, which is wealthy in grain, silk, and tea.
The bubonic plague, carried by fleas on black rats, begins spreading from the buying and selling submit of Issyk-Kul, resulting in a pandemic that can devastate Europe.
Jani Beg, a descendant of Genghis Khan, employs organic warfare by catapulting plague-infected corpses into the town of Caffa, accelerating the unfold of the illness into Europe.
The plague claims over 50 million lives throughout Asia and Europe in 15 years, with cities like Sienna experiencing a mortality price of 60%.
The Inca Empire, led by Pachacuti, emerges in South America, using high-altitude agriculture and establishing an enormous community of trails, whereas remaining remoted from the plague ravaging Europe.
