Heart of the World

In the thirteenth century the Mongols burst into the Middle East, determined to conquer it. With the largest and most powerful army in the world, they swept through Syria, took Baghdad and Damascus and Aleppo, and turned toward Cairo. The fragmented and leaderless states of the Levant could not stand against them. One man struggled to raise an opposition to them, and the great battle of Ain Jalut changed the course of history.