 Kupinda kwevaMongolia muEurope kwakaguma muna 1242, pamwe pacho nemhaka yorufu rwaGreat Khan Ögedei, mutsivi waGenghis Khan. Mumwe Khan Mukuru paainge afa, vaMongol vaibva munzvimbo dzose dzaitongwa neumambo hwacho vaiunganidzwa muguta guru kuti vasarudze kuti ndiani aizova Khan Mukuru anotevera. Panguva iyi, mauto eMongolia akanga achiramba achienda kumadokero, achibva abvisa vanhu vechiKhawarizmi vokuTurkey, avo vakazotamirawo kumadokero, vachibva vazobatana nevaMuslim vechiAyyubid vokuEgypt. Vari munzira, vaTurkey vakatora Jerusarema kuvaKristu muna 1244. Pashure pokurasikirwa kwakatevera paHondo yeLa Forbie, madzimambo echiKristu akavamba kugadzirira hondo itsva yechipambano Hondo yeChichinomwe yeCrusade, yakataurwa naPapa Innocent IV muna June 1245 paDare Rokutanga reLyon. Kurasikirwa kweJerusarema kwakaita kuti vamwe vokuEurope vaone vaMongol seshamwari dzechiKristudhomu, chero bedzi vaMongol vaigona kutendeukira kuchiKristu chokuMadokero. Muna March 1245, Papa Innocent IV akanga abudisa mabhura akawanda epapa, mamwe acho akatumirwa nenhume, Franciscan John wePlano Carpini, kuMambo wevaTatar. Mutsamba yava kunzi Cum non solum, Papa Innocent akataura chishuvo chorugare, uye akakumbira mutongi weMongolia kuva muKristu uye kurega kuuraya vaKristu. Zvisinei, Mongol Great Khan Güyük mutsva, akagadzwa paKarakorum muna 1246, akapindura chete nechikumbiro chokuzviisa pasi paPapa, uye kushanya kubva kuvatongi vokuMadokero mukukudza simba reMongolia: 