He Conquered More Land Than Alexander — and Nobody Remembers Him

Subutai, the Mongol general of Genghis Khan and Ögedei, led campaigns from China to Hungary and conquered more land than Alexander the Great. Why does almost nobody know his name? The Mongol Empire on an animated map: Khwarazm, the Great Raid around the Caspian Sea, the Battle of the Kalka River in 1223, the siege of Kaifeng, the winter invasion of Russia, Legnica and the Battle of Mohi in 1241.