look bigger than it really is. The catapults were used during sieges to attack the city inside the walls with flaming stone or to attack the wall directly with big stones. The catapult was one of his strongest weapons he had and what he used them for was amazing. To shoot flaming stones into the city to burn the houses is a great idea because soldiers would have to put out the fires and that means less protection on the front gate. He used isolation to stop the income of food and supplies to a town, he starved the townspeople until they submit. He would stop the supply of food from getting to the towns or cities which would make the people hungry and weak. Damming is when someone changes the course of a river to flood a town or even a city. The damming is great to flush out anyone who is hiding or if the town is not complying. He used lighting right before a siege because it makes his army look bigger than it really is. The Mongols would make straw fakes and light more campfires to make the army look bigger. This idea of taking ideas would help him in his present day and his future. Genghis Khan was a master of the siege The Field Museum declared. He would send scouts out to find out the time that resources and food would be moved, and to look at the guard positioning. This let him know more about their opponents than they know about them. He would cut off supplies to the city so they can’t get new gear. He would starve them and then when they are weak he would attack and take the city. He was able to surprise the defenders by the distance the Mongols could travel in a short time. The Mongols were able to travel very fast on horseback and were able to strike more fear into their opponents like that. He also had men go into the city two or three days before the siege to get prepared to attack from the inside. This was a great idea because it is a two-pronged strategy. An attack from the outside and an attack from the inside too. He used lighting to make his army look bigger to strike fear into his opponents. He used this to >