At the moment Mongolia is nobody's idea of paradise. But the entire Mongolian economy will turn around in the next few years. Because Mongolia has vast underground mineral riches it has recently awakened to the fact that international money can help dig the country out of poverty. If all the mining projects in the works today become reality tomorrow in a few years Mongolia will be the richest country in the world per capita. Take Mongolia seriously.

but the Mongols were here before, and came damn near close to wiping out Islam from the Levant. It's only an accident of history that they didn't decide to push with their entire force.