Originally Posted by
Gothicshark
Yah, Venice would have been something they wouldn't have tried for right away, I'd say Itally in general would have been at the end of any campaign. Just like Switzerland. They would have moved into Poland than Germany, and move south into France and Spain. They would then move into the mountains, (ie same thing they did in the east.) By the time they got around to Italy, England, Portugal, and Venice. Their Armies would be mostly made up of any Europeans who sided with them. Once again just like they did in Asia. The argument, well their tactics wont work because this peoples did things different, or this Geography is different, fail to understand what the Mongols actually did better than any one else at the time.