Like most of the states and peoples of Eurasia in the 13th century, Japan did not escape the Mongol invasion. The island position of the country, separated from the Eurasian mainland by sea, did not stop the Mongols' conquering impulse, who in 1274 and 1281 undertook two large-scale invasions of the Japanese islands, where for the first time they conducted not the usual land military operation with highly maneuverable cavalry formations, but a naval...
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