古德明英語軍事小故事：阿拔斯王朝的覆滅(中英對照)
古德明《征服英語》之英語軍事故事，古德明，香港英語教育作家，他開了一個《征服英語專欄》，在專欄中專門用英語寫了世界近代史上的軍事小故事，用英語講述歷史中那些驚心動魄的戰爭。阿拔斯王朝的覆滅
in 1258, the abbasid dynasty was invaded by the mongols under hulagu khan, the grandson of genghis khan. the caliph had been deluded by promises from his vizier that the mongols could be driven off by the women of baghdad throwing stones at them, and did not raise an army to defend the city from the largest mongol army ever assembled. instead he sent weak threats to hulagu, warning the mongols that they faced the wrath of god if they attacked baghdad.
hulagu's forces besieged the city, and the caliph had to surrender, leading to a week-long massacre by the mongols, regarded as one of the most devastating events in the history of islam.
一二五八年，成吉思汗的孫子旭烈?？珊孤暑I蒙古軍隊進侵阿拔斯王朝。阿拔斯王誤聽大臣的話，以為巴格達城中婦女向蒙古人擲石頭，就可以把他們擊退，并沒有征募軍隊守城，對抗這支歷來最龐大的蒙古雄師，只是向旭烈兀發出軟弱的恐嚇，說攻擊巴格達將受天譴。
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