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Could Alexander the Great have stopped Genghis Khan?
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Could Alexander the Great have stopped Genghis Khan?
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No.
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if he had one nazi panzer tank then yes
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>>37766
No. Even if he had up-to-date equipment he would not really be able to stop the hordes from reaching the same places they did normally. As it turns out fighting Mongols is pretty fucking hard.
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Alexander actually fought and beat a tribe whose tactics were very similarly to the Mongols.

Alexander commanded an army of about 25k, the Mongols under the Golden Horde usually fought with 70k men, so you need to factor that in as well.
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>>37991
Most of the soldiers fielded by Mongols were not actually Mongol.
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>>37811

but the panzer would run out of gass and ammo, mongols would never run out of horses and arrows
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>>37766
Could Batman have defeated the Mongols?
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>>37766
what is top pic from

also no
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>>37766
No, military equipment matters a lot and 1000 years of weapon, armor advances along with cannon developments that Genghis khan had.
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>Alexander the Great standing a chance
>Not Baibars the Based
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>>38213
from movie "Mongol"

is pretty good, great soundtrack
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Wasn't the reason for Macedonian defeat to the Romans due to lack of mobility from the phalanx units? I imagine Genghis could very easily outflank Alexander's army, though maybe if Alexander was in a more Mountainous terrain like Greece he might be able to win
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Samson killed one thousand philistines with the jawbone of a donkey, no doubt he could have defeated the mongols
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>>37766
Depends on the war and the place.

If he had to stop them from conquering Greece that would be easy. If he had to stop them from entering Central Asia and then Persia that would've be way harder.
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>>37766
what is bottom pic from

also yes
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>>39511
>God gave Samson mad gainz to defeat the Philistines
>yfw /fit/ was right again
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