#xixia

[harveyzhxi]

#Xixia #mulsoleum #西夏王陵 #ningxia https://www.instagram.com/p/CoJ0V99uhIx/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[thejackmeister-mongolhistory]

"Let the World tremble as it senses all you're about to accomplish." Latest video: The Mongol Invasion of the Tangut Kingdom, April 1209-January 1210: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScgDJUf6GVA

[thejackmeister-mongolhistory]

Wei-Min, as far as I can tell, only appears in the historical record to command the army which opposed the Mongols at the fortress of Kei-Min. Seemingly related to the Tangut royal family, he was intelligent enough to not repeat the mistakes of his predecessors at Wu-la-hai, avoiding open confrontation on the exposed plain against the Mongols. However, a false retreat tricked Wei-Min and he led his force out to attack the lagging Mongol rearguard, only to fall into Chinggis Khan's trap. Wei-Min was captured, Kei-Min surrendered and the way opened up for the Mongols to attack the Tangut capital. Wei-Min apparently disappears from the historical record, and it is probably a safe bet he didn't spend the rest of his days in a relaxing retirement. For more on Wei-Min, check out my video on the Mongol invasion of the Tangut Kingdom in 1209: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScgDJUf6GVA

[thejackmeister-mongolhistory]

Perhaps a little lightly armoured, but you get the point. Well, the intention I suppose was for the Mongols to get the point. My video on the Mongol invasion of the Tangut Kingdom: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScgDJUf6GVA

[nomadic-alternative]

Helanshan, China — Long after you leave Mongolia, you come across reminders of Genghis Khan.  Here, on the fringes of the Gobi Desert stand the ruined mausoleums of the Xixia kings.  They were the rulers of a Buddhist kingdom that flourished here before the 13th century.  But they refused to submit to Genghis Khan, and he destroyed their kingdom, and their civilization ceased to exist.  Now these crumbling pyramids are all that remain of a once flourishing culture.