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1223 & 1236 — The Volga Bulgars ambush the returning raiders at the Samara Bend — the raid’s one bloody nose. Thirteen years later Batu’s full army arrives and removes their state from history in a season. The reconnaissance had marked them first.
This is one scene of Chapter 5 — The Great Raid in The Mongol Empire, 1206–1294.
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