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Originally Posted by Dan
Just a little remark about these two statments.Persians tryed to conquer (but with little success)Scythians located on the north of Achaemenid empire during the reign of Darius the Great.
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Actually, that's about the region north of Iran, I was speaking about their
ventures into north Balkans.
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The only thing that stopped Mongols from reaching Vienna(read Western Europe) was Ogodei's death in 1241.High ranking army leaders believed they had to return to Mongolia to confirm the selecting of a new ruler.
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Yep, the Mongols returned for the Kuriltai ( to decide who's the next Khagan ), but it's obvious that Europe wasn't their main objective.