Why did the mongols engage in bloody raids of neighboring cities and towns

The mongols engaged in bloody raids of neighboring cities and towns because they needed to acquire food and resources during times of drought or poor weather.

The Mongol Empire existed during the 13th and 14th centuries and was the largest contiguous land empire in history stretchung from Eastern Europe and parts of Central Europe to the Sea of Japan, extending northwards into Siberia, eastwards and southwards into the Indian subcontinent, Indochina and the Iranian Plateau; and westwards as far as the Levant and the Carpathian Mountains.

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explanation

the given equation is

we can rewrite this as:

let

then the equation becomes:

the factors of 8 that sum up to -9 are {-1,-8}

we split the middle term with these factors to obtain,

we factor by grouping to obtain:

apply the zero product property to get:

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- a government ruled by the people, or assembly. officials monarchy - a single ruler like a king. over time some city-states, like athens would change governments. what this means is that all the citizens voted on all the laws.