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Why didn't the Mongols conquer the Arabian peninsula?

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The Romans did try to get to Yemen (Arabia Felix, the source of Myrrh and Frankincense) but decided it wasn't worth it - better to just have traders. So, to answer your question — lots of Empires conquered the useful parts of the Arabian peninsula, but didn't care to conquer the hot and sandy pieces that were useless to them. read more

The Ottoman Empire, meanwhile, ceased to formally exist in the same year—1922—but, for the purposes of our question, any real ability to conquer the Arabian Peninsula ended in 1914, when it entered WWI and its focus was, understandably, elsewhere. read more

The right way to "conquer" the Arabian peninsula was to follow the lead of the Byzantines, Persians, and early Muslim dynasties - and that was to use diplomacy. In the case of the first Islamic imperium, this was achieved by annihilating recalcitrant elements, whilst rewarding or persuading others of the benefits of converting and assimilating. read more

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