16. Bagan - City Of Temples
Fall of Civilizations Podcast
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The Mongols and the Irawadi Valley
The Mongols had learned their tactics on the vast open steps of Central Asia. They knew that when an enemy was too strong to face directly, you could always retreat and pepper them with arrows from a distance. The main force of Bagan had been utterly defeated on what should have been their home turf. There was now little standing between the Mongol armies and the rich river valley of the Irawadi.
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