The keys to the success of the Mongolian military in the 1200s included

Mongol armies were highly mobile because soldiers fought on horseback and could travel long distances quickly. Their organized cavalry units used skilled riding and coordinated tactics to surprise and defeat opponents, so “organized troops on horseback” is the correct choice. Ships and rifles were not the basis of Mongolian military success in the 1200s.

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