[[File:Babur and Humayun.jpg|thumb|upright=1.15|The [[Mughal Emperor]] [[Babur]] and his heir [[Humayun]], The word ''Mughal'', is derived from the Persian word for Mongol.]]
== Military ==
{{Main|Mongol military tactics and organization}}
Mongols battled against the most powerful armies and warriors in Eurasia.{{citation needed|date=February 2013}} The beating of the kettle and smoke signals were signals for the start of battle. One battle formation that they used consisted of five squadrons or units. The typical squadrons were divided by ranks. The first two ranks were in the front. These warriors had the heaviest armor and weapons. The back three ranks broke out between the front ranks and attacked first with their arrows.<ref>Per Inge Oestmoen. [http://www.coldsiberia.org/monmight.htm "The Mongo Military Might."] ''Cold Siberia''. N.p., 18 Jan. 2002. Retrieved on 12 November 2012</ref> The forces kept their distance from the enemy and killed them with arrow fire, during which time "archers did not aim at a specific target, but shot their arrows at a high path into a set 'killing zone' or target area."<ref>{{Cite web |url= http://www.thepicaproject.org/?page_id=522 |title=Matthew Barnes. "The Mongol War Machine: How Were the Mongols Able to Forge the Largest Contiguous Land Empire in History? |p=522 |agency= The Pica A Global Research Organization''. Pica, 14 November 2012 |access-date=2012-11-14 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130612184909/http://www.thepicaproject.org/?page_id=522 |archive-date=2013-06-12 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Mongolics also acquired engineers from the defeated armies. They made engineers a permanent part of their army, so that their weapons and machinery were complex and efficient.<ref>Jack Weatherford , ''Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World.'' (New York: Crown, 2004.), 94.</ref>
