august NUMBER_TOKEN. until then germany was well on its way to complete victory in russia propelled by its superior air force and tank divisions for one year germans and russians fought in one of the most unique settings of the war stalingrad was a large industrial city with no room for maneuverability for tanks as a result the battle soon turned into a fierce close quarters contest as both sides occupied different buildings and vine for control of strategic points across the city the battle lasted for about six months as the germans slowly lost their advantage due to dwindling supplies deadly cold and a widespread loss of morale by february NUMBER_TOKEN their flanks had weakened to the extent that they were easily overcome by the russian forces germany's defeat in stalingrad would serve as the turning point of the war in favour of the allies albeit at an unprecedented loss of life for the russians caught in the crossfire NUMBER_TOKEN. european colonization of the americas the arrival of europeans in the americas and its eventual colonization may have been a multi-dimensional long-drawn-out event that can't be summarized in a few sentences though no one can deny that it was an absolute nightmare for the native population while estimates are hard to verify even the most conservative calculations put the number of casualties around NUMBER_TOKEN percent NUMBER_TOKEN million people there were many causes for the deaths including foreign disease famine war and others anyone traveling through the destruction would have come across villages with their entire population lost to diseases like smallpox or influenza according to one recent study this dramatic reduction in the global population contributed to lower temperatures around the world as the lands farmed by the native populations were now reclaimed by vegetation number NUMBER_TOKEN. sacking of baghdad in the NUMBER_TOKENth century baghdad was known across the world as the greatest city ever built it was the epicenter of the islamic golden age a five-century-long period of immense cultural scientific and social progress across the islamic empire all of that however came to a tragic end with the siege and eventual sacking of the city by mongol forces in NUMBER_TOKEN while most mongol invasions involved some violence the worst was reserved for the kingdoms that put up a fight or resisted in any way as you can guess that's exactly what happened when faced with the option to surrender or fight against an oncoming mongol horde the ambassador for king decided to take his chances and fight it wasn't a foolish decision as the military strength of his empire matched the mongols and baghdad was a well-defended city obviously he was wrong the mongol army led by hulagu khan one of genghis khan's grandsons was able to breach the city's defenses in no time at all what followed was perhaps one of the most destructive acts of war in history for ten days mongol soldiers and mercenary groups raided and plundered anything that they could find in the city the house of wisdom perhaps the largest library built until that time was raised to the ground along with all the other buildings of note almost every single inhabitant of the city was killed or sold into slavery according to legend so many people were killed that the color of the river ran completely red for days so i really hope you found this video interesting if you did please do hit that thumbs up button below don't forget to subscribe and thanks for watching
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