And they also adopted gunpowder, probably introducing it to Europeans. And they even built ships so they could attack Japan. That might have worked too, except there happened to be a typhoon. Also, people were terrified of the Mongols. Often, cities would surrender the moment the Mongols arrived, just to escape slaughter. But of course, that only happened because there were occasions when the Mongols did, you know, slaughter entire towns. So with all that background, let us return to the question of Mongol awesomeness.