Ten Minute History - Genghis Khan and the Mongol Empire (Short Documentary)

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  • @andrewbachman698
    @andrewbachman698 5 років тому +8902

    There is a disturbing lack of horses in this video about the Mongols

  • @connorsimmonds9698
    @connorsimmonds9698 5 років тому +6667

    When life gives you lemons, destroy zhongdu and conquer the world

    • @jonnathan7908
      @jonnathan7908 5 років тому +39

      That literally does not make any sense.

    • @fuzzydunlop7928
      @fuzzydunlop7928 5 років тому +271

      @@jonnathan7908 We'll invade through the Ardennes.

    • @Antebios
      @Antebios 4 роки тому +79

      @@jonnathan7908 Chewbacca lived on Endor with the Wookies. That does not make sense!

    • @uekiguy5886
      @uekiguy5886 4 роки тому +53

      Life gave me onions. Onionade sucks.

    • @khaos5085
      @khaos5085 4 роки тому +13

      @@Antebios Endor had many Cookies.
      Wookiees love Cookies.

  • @subutaynoyan5372
    @subutaynoyan5372 5 років тому +3959

    An insignificant tribe becoming the greatest conquerors of all time.
    Now that's hell of a success story.

    • @haitamc5611
      @haitamc5611 4 роки тому +85

      Quraysh: *am i a joke to you?*

    • @lepangolin4080
      @lepangolin4080 3 роки тому +155

      Alexander the great. Was only king of macedonia, a small province.
      Probably way smaller than tatar lands.

    • @arawn1061
      @arawn1061 3 роки тому +251

      @@lepangolin4080 expect his dad probably did most of the hard carry on that one

    • @brandonbonas2761
      @brandonbonas2761 3 роки тому +143

      @@lepangolin4080 his father started the conquest and actions that made Macedon superior tho alexander did contribute in those battles. He was raised and trained by the greatest minds and so forth of that age n he was the son of the king. He had more then Genghis in everything from the start so he had it easier then him.

    • @vedsingh9785
      @vedsingh9785 3 роки тому +28

      @@lepangolin4080 Nah. Macedon was the most powerful kingdom of all of greece

  • @savioblanc
    @savioblanc 5 років тому +5359

    Whilst the Mongols failed in their invasion of India, a descendant of the Ilkhanate, now fully Persianised and Islamisiced, would eventually invade India and create what became known as the Mughal Empire

    • @HistoryMatters
      @HistoryMatters  5 років тому +2325

      The Mughals will definitely get an episode of their own.

    • @savioblanc
      @savioblanc 5 років тому +379

      @@HistoryMatters they definitely deserve one.
      Off topic - The Axumite Empire in Ethiopia and everything that followed it is also worth a video

    • @JasonDoe1000
      @JasonDoe1000 5 років тому +135

      @@HistoryMatters How about a video about Timurlane and his empire before that, then the videos would be build upon each other and be a nice timeline

    • @Nozem13
      @Nozem13 5 років тому +21

      savioblanc this was about to be exactly my question. Most notably being the Mughals religious and, in many ways, social tolerance. Which was inspired by the Mongols.

    • @krimzonstriker7534
      @krimzonstriker7534 5 років тому +22

      I thought it was the Chagati Khanate, cause he was also a descendant of Timur and central asia was where he originated from even though he did invade the middle east later on

  • @pickeljarsforhillary102
    @pickeljarsforhillary102 4 роки тому +2630

    Tartars may be gone but their sauce lives on.

  • @RocketChickArt1
    @RocketChickArt1 5 років тому +3431

    Now we need a short documentary about how Korea resisted forever in 10 minutes

    • @KingAgniKai
      @KingAgniKai 3 роки тому +240

      They failed because of JIN OF CLAN SAKAI, THE GHOST OF TSUSHIMA

    • @SpinningTurtle66
      @SpinningTurtle66 3 роки тому +19

      @@KingAgniKai LMAO

    • @arpitdas4263
      @arpitdas4263 3 роки тому +13

      @@KingAgniKai EXCELLENT

    • @user-uy7bn4kt2b
      @user-uy7bn4kt2b 3 роки тому +10

      @@KingAgniKai I hope you don't actually believe that was true, please tell me you were joking

    • @RealNaisuCinema
      @RealNaisuCinema 3 роки тому +37

      @@user-uy7bn4kt2b are you stupid?

  • @JasonDoe1000
    @JasonDoe1000 5 років тому +2531

    If you want to live a long and happy life, don't be a mongol envoy...

    • @lethostormcrow3142
      @lethostormcrow3142 5 років тому +186

      Actually nobody else dared to kill any Mongols after the Kwarezemians were wiped off the map.

    • @ak6427
      @ak6427 5 років тому +215

      If you want to live knowing someone will destroy an empire and decimate its ruling dynasty going so far as to chase the living members of the bloodline around the world just to avenge you, be a mongol envoy.

    • @JasonDoe1000
      @JasonDoe1000 5 років тому +84

      @@lethostormcrow3142 The Rus, the Abbasids and the Song also did
      And they all paid their price...

    • @JonatasAdoM
      @JonatasAdoM 5 років тому +29

      If you want to live in peace stay away from the steppes

    • @b.boldnasan9592
      @b.boldnasan9592 5 років тому +11

      It's said that king Bela IV of hungary burned all the 30 envoys of batu khan on a stake after accusing them being heretics.

  • @snapgoesthepeanut3906
    @snapgoesthepeanut3906 4 роки тому +731

    4:29
    "They kept resisting. Forever"
    I'm korean and in history class we study every single resistance movement around the country which is a nightmare..

    • @HSDJun
      @HSDJun 4 роки тому +9

      山崎さとし lmao no self respecting korean would be a weeb like you

    • @haydencrawford8552
      @haydencrawford8552 4 роки тому +71

      @@HSDJun okay boomer

    • @amanaje4743
      @amanaje4743 4 роки тому +50

      @@HSDJun gatekeeping animation? Pathetic...

    • @haydencrawford8552
      @haydencrawford8552 4 роки тому +14

      @thunder key okay gay

    • @yesno8273
      @yesno8273 3 роки тому +4

      thunder key okay gay

  • @theduke7539
    @theduke7539 3 роки тому +1435

    When an entire people wanted to see just how far they truly could go. And in an age when information was only as fast as your fastest horse. Controlling every inch of land between Soule and Warsaw is pretty damn impressive.

    • @pocketmarcy6990
      @pocketmarcy6990 2 роки тому +46

      To be fair the USSR controlled every inch of land between Pyongyang and Berlin at one point as well, but I do see your point, the Mongols were impressive

    • @eldariskenderfranke4284
      @eldariskenderfranke4284 2 роки тому +88

      @@pocketmarcy6990 Modern Russia/the USSR resemble and have lineage to the Golden Horde which influenced Russian statehood to a large degree.

    • @pocketmarcy6990
      @pocketmarcy6990 2 роки тому +12

      @@eldariskenderfranke4284 well they broke away from it, but yes, the golden hoard definitely helped define the Russian identity

    • @wyveriusblackfire3834
      @wyveriusblackfire3834 2 роки тому +39

      @@pocketmarcy6990 Several centuries later with much more complex technology.

    • @simplesimon8255
      @simplesimon8255 2 роки тому +6

      Seoul*

  • @Sean.Vosler
    @Sean.Vosler 3 роки тому +707

    You know there’s at least one kid out there who turned in a transcript of one of these videos in as a class assignment. Almost would have gotten away with it but forgot to edit out “and special thanks to our patrons...”

    • @mirzaahmed6589
      @mirzaahmed6589 3 роки тому +90

      James Bisonette

    • @ananttiwari1337
      @ananttiwari1337 3 роки тому +40

      Thomas Kestridge

    • @gg-pv1do
      @gg-pv1do 3 роки тому +34

      Adam Harvey

    • @Khono
      @Khono 3 роки тому +15

      Donald Trump

    • @robc4191
      @robc4191 2 роки тому +61

      @@Khono well, that brought that joke to a screeching halt. Thanks Khono.

  • @newcarpathia9422
    @newcarpathia9422 2 роки тому +613

    Worth mentioning that the Mongol's typhoon-related failure to conquer Japan is the origin of the Japanese word, "kamikaze."

    • @marcushaupt1564
      @marcushaupt1564 2 роки тому +60

      The divine wind that repels invaders

    • @AsifIcarebear3
      @AsifIcarebear3 Рік тому +41

      Also, the typhoon didn't blow their ships away in one fell swoop or whatever. They made landfall twice, in 1274 and again in 1281, and twice a typhoon screwed with their ships, causing confusion in position etc. etc., disrupting what would otherwise have been a likely victory.

    • @FelipeJaquez
      @FelipeJaquez Рік тому +19

      When the only reason you're country didn't become a Mongolia vassal state was some harsh winds.

    • @StalinSpokeYiddish
      @StalinSpokeYiddish 9 місяців тому +1

      @@AsifIcarebear3not even a likely victory lmfao 🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @ninab.4540
      @ninab.4540 8 місяців тому

      ​@@marcushaupt1564Damn, Empire Japan almost ruined that term

  • @HistoryMatters
    @HistoryMatters  5 років тому +1073

    Just a quick note on spelling: Some people may be unfamiliar with the spellings used in this video (Khubilai and Arigh Berke the most obvious) but my reason for using them is that they’re the ones used by British exam boards. Just so it makes it easier for students.
    Also the next episode will be ‘The American Civil War’ because World War Two requires about three months of drawing and animating.

    • @Jesse_Dawg
      @Jesse_Dawg 5 років тому +6

      Very nice video skills. I am a big fan :]

    • @nikolaytsankov9066
      @nikolaytsankov9066 5 років тому +2

      Wasn't Kublai Budhist tho?

    • @Apollo1989V
      @Apollo1989V 5 років тому +3

      Nikolay Tsankov I think Buddhism has some compatibility with East Asian religions. The Japanese tend to follow Buddhism and their own Shinto religion.

    • @NorthernXY
      @NorthernXY 5 років тому +4

      On the subject of "spelling" you used the Simplified Chinese character guo (country/kingdom) in zhongguo. Other than that, awesome as always.

    • @mikkopenttila7604
      @mikkopenttila7604 5 років тому

      Ha ha! I was just about to write about Arigh Berke. Yet strangely, you see The name of the Golden Horde Khan Berke spelled like that and yet also the name of the would-be-Great Khan spelled Ariq-Böke, for example.

  • @aleksandarvil5718
    @aleksandarvil5718 4 роки тому +1400

    "How many children and next generations you have fathered?!"
    Genghis Khan: *Y E S*

    • @pallabicollectionsvlog
      @pallabicollectionsvlog 3 роки тому +8

      That's Gengis Khan 🤦

    • @economicapple2609
      @economicapple2609 3 роки тому +17

      Genghis Khan's father: IMPUDENT FOOL

    • @DaDARKPass
      @DaDARKPass 3 роки тому +18

      Except genghis only had 6 children, all of those lineages died off.

    • @MuchWhittering
      @MuchWhittering 3 роки тому +7

      Er zeugte 7 Kinder in einer Nacht! Und über seine Feinde hat er nur gelacht!

    • @InterloperBob
      @InterloperBob 3 роки тому +7

      It is incredible that he didn't tie young of STDs

  • @Kardia_of_Rhodes
    @Kardia_of_Rhodes 4 роки тому +1731

    Genghis Khan: "I'm getting a bit bored of conquering everything, lets try diplomacy this time."
    *Envoys get murdered by dynasty they were sent to*
    Genghis Khan: *EXTERMINATUS!!!!!*

    • @ElBandito
      @ElBandito 3 роки тому +67

      Chingis Khan: COWABUNGA IT IS!

    • @Spet23Snaz
      @Spet23Snaz 3 роки тому +45

      Genghis Khan: So you have chosen death

    • @neiordostuff1706
      @neiordostuff1706 2 роки тому +24

      Chinggis Khan: " Peace Was Never An Option..."

    • @geoffreystill1038
      @geoffreystill1038 Рік тому +6

      Genghis Khan: Hippity Hoppity your land is now my property

  • @MagiconIce
    @MagiconIce 3 роки тому +337

    Vietnams Official National Motto could be: "Vietnam: Kicking asses of invaders since 1246!"

    • @marrowkaiproductions7053
      @marrowkaiproductions7053 3 роки тому +21

      nah Much Much Longer Than That

    • @vond5829
      @vond5829 2 роки тому +17

      Vietnam: Kicking bullies from the start

    • @MatsLM
      @MatsLM 2 роки тому +8

      Except when the French came in

    • @MagiconIce
      @MagiconIce 2 роки тому +14

      @@MatsLM Remember Dien Bien Phu. The French got their asses kicked too eventually ;)

    • @MyHentaiGirlNeko
      @MyHentaiGirlNeko 2 роки тому +5

      @@MatsLM except when the US came in
      Oh wait, they ran like bitches and abandon their puppet state

  • @settekwan2708
    @settekwan2708 3 роки тому +278

    2:44 Funny how the Jin dynasty had a Maginot line and the Mongols were using a blitzkrieg-like tactic

    • @theeditor394
      @theeditor394 2 роки тому +48

      But they were able to invade Russia unlike small moustache man.

    • @momsspaghetti9970
      @momsspaghetti9970 2 роки тому +8

      The left side of the Ural mountains is relatively flat so a lot of the mongols used that corridor to raid and pillage the western parts of europe.

    • @antoncid5044
      @antoncid5044 2 роки тому +3

      @@theeditor394 Google the "Eurasian steppe"

    • @TheYolo20
      @TheYolo20 2 роки тому +4

      @@theeditor394 Russia back than wasn’t unified and the mongols literally stopped there and couldn’t get any further

    • @saywhatnow2173
      @saywhatnow2173 2 роки тому +5

      @@TheYolo20 unified or not, they couldn't beat them anyway. Plus, they didn't stop there.

  • @no1ofconsequence936
    @no1ofconsequence936 3 роки тому +350

    Fun fact: the Mongols at one time allied with Armenians against their enemies in the relevant regions. So if you ever pick Mongols as an ally for Byzantines in Age of Empires 2, it is historically accurate and no one can tell you otherwise. Of course, if you start fighting the Incas, then historical accuracy isn't really a concern, is it?
    Edit: Armenians are in the game now.

    • @elvincenzo
      @elvincenzo 3 роки тому +2

      no one gives a shit about Armenians, stop trying to make yourselves relevant lol

    • @sidequestenjoyer7037
      @sidequestenjoyer7037 2 роки тому +30

      @@elvincenzo Apparently someone didn’t read the rest of the comment.

    • @chevyjd2007
      @chevyjd2007 Рік тому

      Rise of nations>>>>>

    • @sensibleshinchan1019
      @sensibleshinchan1019 Рік тому +1

      They even allied with the French once

    • @sensibleshinchan1019
      @sensibleshinchan1019 Рік тому +2

      @@chevyjd2007 Ah, A man of Culture as well

  • @thomasedgerley7453
    @thomasedgerley7453 3 роки тому +200

    "Only Ghengis's sons could be the Great Khan" Gee what an exclusive club

    • @Nobody-pv9jt
      @Nobody-pv9jt 2 роки тому +2

      Lmfao this is so underrated

    • @connorhilchie2779
      @connorhilchie2779 Рік тому +10

      Do you have any idea how little that narrows it down?

    • @MandkhaiTsetsen
      @MandkhaiTsetsen Рік тому +13

      To be fair, the sons had to be from a legitimate Mongolian wife, usually the main Queen. No sons of concubines, especially those who were non-Mongolian, were eligible for the Khan throne!

  • @shyguynoah9826
    @shyguynoah9826 5 років тому +652

    I love how genghis’s solution to every problem was just to kill literally everyone, it’s utter genius! :D

    • @JasonDoe1000
      @JasonDoe1000 5 років тому +98

      Like someone once said: "The mongols used pragmatic violence"

    • @sandman8115
      @sandman8115 5 років тому +44

      @@JasonDoe1000 Practical Brutality

    • @generalaccount6531
      @generalaccount6531 5 років тому +84

      There's no unhappiness if there're no unhappy people ;)

    • @aslof1069
      @aslof1069 5 років тому +43

      Because he hated egoistic people who believe I am the god. So he did say " I am the punishment of God...If you had not committed great sins, God would not have sent a punishment like me upon you"

    • @allenkeettikkal3149
      @allenkeettikkal3149 5 років тому +58

      Late reply, but he only killed anyone who decided not to submit to him (and when I say kill I mean downright massacre everyone in the state). He was more forgiving to those who did and actually supported religious tolerance (which is ironic considering that other dictators such as Hitler and Stalin were notorious for religious discrimination).

  • @Afroman497
    @Afroman497 5 років тому +341

    Glad I watched this. Honestly i was under the impression Gengis did it all, including his sons' conquests' xD

    • @roberttucker1527
      @roberttucker1527 4 роки тому +44

      Same here. I thought he conquered everything which then promptly collapsed on his death. A very edifying video for me.

    • @Tallborn5
      @Tallborn5 4 роки тому +7

      No. That's Attila

    • @Sraxton
      @Sraxton 4 роки тому +2

      @@Tallborn5 close. But not the same
      Theres like 7 centuries between them.

    • @sidgrg280
      @sidgrg280 Місяць тому

      ​@@Sraxtonno he means that what happened to attila's empire

  • @deron2203
    @deron2203 5 років тому +320

    *Throat singing intensifies*

    • @rasultokanov3218
      @rasultokanov3218 3 роки тому +3

      Bruuuh, it’s a thing of the Turks, not only mongol’s.

    • @tanapatyangkaew4649
      @tanapatyangkaew4649 3 роки тому +3

      Don't insult My legend

    • @Emsi_Lordtemp
      @Emsi_Lordtemp 3 роки тому +1

      this comment is gold

    • @rasultokanov3218
      @rasultokanov3218 3 роки тому +1

      @Enhbayr Bilegt oh okay, thanks for clarifying

    • @DiploAnnex
      @DiploAnnex 3 роки тому +6

      @Enhbayr Bilegt Both Turkic and Mongol cultures have throat singing. Actually, Genghis's army had a large population of Turkic soldiers too. We lived together, had wars together, and so on. As a Turkish Cypriot myself, I consider Timuçin Han(Genghis Khan) a great ancestor of mine, as I consider Mongols brothers and sisters of ours.
      Even though my ancestors settled in a Mediterranean island for more than 200 years ago, We will never forget where we came from, which is Northeast China, and will not forget our battle-brothers, which are the other Turkic nations and Mongols.

  • @EnKopp
    @EnKopp 4 роки тому +67

    3:30 ”Genghis decided that alot of people had to die” pretty much sums up the entire mongol empire

    • @Orgil.
      @Orgil. 2 роки тому +2

      wrong

    • @Cpt_John_Price
      @Cpt_John_Price Рік тому

      "I will make Jurassic extinction look like a child's play."

  • @lethostormcrow3142
    @lethostormcrow3142 5 років тому +687

    Fun fact: Hulegu was a Nestorian Christian and his sack managed to hurt the Islamic world way worse than the Crusaders.

    • @aleksandarvil5718
      @aleksandarvil5718 5 років тому +49

      @Letho Stormcrow *But his founded dynasty (Illkhanate) in Persia/Iran later converted into Islam.☪️☪️☪️☪️☪️☪️*

    • @lethostormcrow3142
      @lethostormcrow3142 5 років тому +224

      @@aleksandarvil5718 But they never recovered from that. In fact some people think the Golden Age of Islam ended with Hulegu's sack.

    • @aleksandarvil5718
      @aleksandarvil5718 5 років тому +4

      Iran/Persia under Illkhanate rule returned to its persian culture and language

    • @lethostormcrow3142
      @lethostormcrow3142 5 років тому +39

      @@aleksandarvil5718 I'd argue the Safavids did this rather than the Illkhanate.

    • @aleksandarvil5718
      @aleksandarvil5718 5 років тому +1

      @Letho Stormcrow Illkhanate first started re-persianization of Persia

  • @wild_sergeant716
    @wild_sergeant716 5 років тому +1131

    Fun Fact: No

  • @cadenhooper8662
    @cadenhooper8662 5 років тому +29

    9:07 that high quality horse animation though

  • @josephleonard6695
    @josephleonard6695 4 роки тому +95

    "the nomads who conquered the world"
    what a fitting way to some up the largest contiguous empire in history

  • @DylanDude
    @DylanDude 5 років тому +542

    3:22 Don’t you mean west?

    • @alexarnold8461
      @alexarnold8461 5 років тому +239

      No. Its just very far east. About as far east as the circumference of the world

    • @HistoryMatters
      @HistoryMatters  5 років тому +464

      East of London.

    • @DylanDude
      @DylanDude 5 років тому +64

      Fair enough.

    • @datfisheboi6519
      @datfisheboi6519 5 років тому +21

      nik Bahtin If you go far enough east, you will eventually circle around the globe and end up east of where you were

    • @MaelPlaguecrow6942
      @MaelPlaguecrow6942 5 років тому +35

      This whole comment section would trigger flat Earthers

  • @xenan7889
    @xenan7889 5 років тому +204

    genghis khan:dint i say that if the empire gotted to big it would collapse
    khubilai: yes
    genghis:and what did you do
    khubilai: made the empire to big and it collapsed

    • @brandonbonas2761
      @brandonbonas2761 3 роки тому +26

      What really made it collapse was the fights over succession but over expansion didn't help

    • @davesy6969
      @davesy6969 3 роки тому +5

      Khubilai: "am i bad?"

    • @deniz7994
      @deniz7994 3 роки тому

      *Kubilay

  • @Nitrousoxidification
    @Nitrousoxidification 5 років тому +202

    Years of Europa Universalis and I only jut notice the bay of Beijing looks like a dragon.

    • @raymondhamill270
      @raymondhamill270 5 років тому +27

      Never noticed that until you pointed it out

    • @rkmurphy5648
      @rkmurphy5648 5 років тому +13

      Holy shit...
      Edit: plus, if you look at modern china, it also looks like a dragon (kinda)

    • @universalconquest4447
      @universalconquest4447 4 роки тому +1

      LOL

    • @Ethan-vj5mt
      @Ethan-vj5mt 4 роки тому +1

      RKMurphy is rooster

    • @beu9245
      @beu9245 3 роки тому

      @@rkmurphy5648 a pretty fat dragon

  • @rooneye
    @rooneye 4 роки тому +90

    "Rub poo in it"!!! One of a best signs yet 😂😂😂

    • @ElBandito
      @ElBandito 3 роки тому +2

      People in modern day Mongolia still believe in the medicinal properties of cow pies.

  • @crowley3885
    @crowley3885 Рік тому +19

    Fun fact, Genghis Khan was timid and sensitive as a child but kind of just had to adjust to regular violence.

    • @stateofflorida5082
      @stateofflorida5082 6 місяців тому +3

      Not too timid it seems considering he murdered his older brother

  • @alexanderchenf1
    @alexanderchenf1 4 роки тому +92

    Despite being humorous, your narration always gets the proportion of the history right, the facts largely accurate, and the cultural authenticity correct.

  • @jamesson1154
    @jamesson1154 Рік тому +10

    5:12 they didn’t just loot Baghdad, they sent it back to the Stone Age. Estimated 800,000-1.5 million dead from a single siege. They sacked many cities with equal devastation.

  • @timesnewlogan2032
    @timesnewlogan2032 3 роки тому +157

    Baghdad still hasn’t recovered from what the Mongols did.

    • @michaelhoffmann2891
      @michaelhoffmann2891 3 роки тому +52

      Arguably the entire Islamic world hasn't. There's an interesting book called "The Malady of Islam". Written by an Arab scholar, it's a slog in its English translation.

    • @ryanborghini2975
      @ryanborghini2975 3 роки тому +16

      I wish Mongols came after 1300 because that's the time Muslim caliphate started. 🕋🖕

    • @xer7
      @xer7 3 роки тому +38

      @@ryanborghini2975 why are you filled with hate towards us?

    • @fristlyextras5002
      @fristlyextras5002 3 роки тому +23

      @@xer7 Its an idiot who likes Religious warfare

    • @Meteorknite
      @Meteorknite 3 роки тому +4

      @@xer7 muslim caliphates were religious extremists like Spainish
      Ofc they will hate you more than spanish since caliphates invasion succeeded in europe

  • @elitefencer777
    @elitefencer777 3 роки тому +22

    A few additional bits of info:
    -While the 3 confederations discussed are the groups of the Mongolian steppe proper, in the political landscape the neighboring Turkish groups factored in heavily. When considering the regional powers by their strength, the Mongols were initially the last group you'd expect to conquer the others.
    -While Temujin was born the son of a noble, it didn't immediately confer upon him status of nobility. Temujin had an older, legitimate half-brother. Traditionally, Temujin would either be his brother's right-hand man, or else splinter off and have to form his own clan. Also, he would likely have married Temujin's mother. Instead Temujin murdered him. Allegedly.
    -Class warfare was a big selling point for the Mongol's recruitment efforts. Some steppe-nomad leaders, particularly those in the West who interacted with formal states and churches, tried to emphasize differences in heritage and lineage to better establish themselves as true, hereditary 'nobility,' comparable to what you'd find in non-nomadic, Abrahamic states. (There are two terms that are often used to describe this: 'Black Bone' and 'White Bone.' The legitimacy of the terms is disputed, however and may be a later invention.) In contrast, Temujin was a pagan hick who had supposedly had been a slave at one point. If that wasn't de-legitimizing enough, Temujin's father's clan hadn't been politically significant in the first place. There's no such thing as an insignficant Duke; but being the Baron of a scrap of wasteground, by a mosquito-filled river, populated by cattle thieves, is arguably worse than not having a title whatsoever. Therefore the Mongol selling point became meritocracy, equality (up to a point, it's complicated), and a more codified systems of spoils and rewards. (For instance, a son could inherit his father's titles in the literal sense, but didn't inherit his office or appointments.)

  • @anttibjorklund1869
    @anttibjorklund1869 5 років тому +420

    Did the Mongol Empire really go that close to the (present-day) border of Finland, like the map shows?

    • @HistoryMatters
      @HistoryMatters  5 років тому +396

      It depends on what source you use. Some maps will put the northern Russian states as only vassals and some as neither. I went on what was implied in the sources I used.

    • @arawn1061
      @arawn1061 5 років тому +103

      For your information, Novgorod was vassalized instead of sacked just like the sultanate of Rum.

    • @mjr_schneider
      @mjr_schneider 5 років тому +134

      I think they did. There's a population of about a thousand Finnish Tatars descended from them that live there to this day.

    • @Dorya9
      @Dorya9 5 років тому +41

      When Batu invaded the Rus Grand Principalities, Novgorod and Piskov surrendered. They paid tribute to the Mongols. So as mentioned above, some maps show those territories with lines or a different shade of the same color but if they were called to war they had to answer and if they didn't, it was as good as declaring independence and the same goes with the tax bit.

    • @theresarapistinmyboot1081
      @theresarapistinmyboot1081 5 років тому

      Antti Björklund Yea

  • @jgennordbyyyyyy257
    @jgennordbyyyyyy257 4 роки тому +23

    -Can we have a temple? -You can have a hill. Thats religion for you right there

  • @XxXmkwdlyphXxXx
    @XxXmkwdlyphXxXx 2 роки тому +23

    "Medicine back then was frankly pants."
    Not only is the term "pants" inherently funny to me, but the way he says it, it sounds like he's speaking from personal experience.

  • @TassieDinkum90
    @TassieDinkum90 5 років тому +28

    Only recently discovered this channel but am already in love with it - watched every video at least 10 times! The dry sense of humour is just brilliant but the information within them is excellent and very easy to take in despite being so fast-paced. Outstanding stuff. If requests are somehow on the table, I would LOVE to see your take on the American Civil War. Keep up the great work!

  • @derekdufon5069
    @derekdufon5069 5 років тому +21

    I was shocked to see there aren’t more people supporting you on Patreon!
    The amount of work and research you must do for each episode is worth giving up a cup of coffee per month.
    I sincerely hope more people start supporting you, excellent channel!

  • @Narmatonia
    @Narmatonia 5 років тому +38

    1:06 I didn't know She-Hulk was a Mongol

  • @Medicine91
    @Medicine91 4 роки тому +52

    They said he couldn't. Temujin stepped up his game upand said "Yes, I Khan"

  • @brandonkdrummer
    @brandonkdrummer 3 роки тому +5

    I love learning about the Mongols, in school I did so many reports on Gangaa’s and his empire. Good stuff. Thank you.

  • @chrisg4305
    @chrisg4305 5 років тому +9

    Idk what I love more, the content you create or your voice.

  • @MizuAstrum91
    @MizuAstrum91 5 років тому +88

    There's one major victory that the Mongols had: Conquering Kiev in Winter!

    • @au9parsec
      @au9parsec 5 років тому +4

      Kalis and the Klingon Empire.

    • @kainuu3157
      @kainuu3157 3 роки тому +14

      Kiev got conquered dozens, if not hundreds of times. Both in summer and in winter. It is situated in a rather undefensible locations close to the steppes.

    • @liamjm9278
      @liamjm9278 3 роки тому +1

      @Imperial Terra What?

    • @liamjm9278
      @liamjm9278 3 роки тому +5

      @Imperial Terra By stating a fact?

    • @liamjm9278
      @liamjm9278 3 роки тому +2

      @Imperial Terra Cope and seeth what?

  • @JB-yb4wn
    @JB-yb4wn 5 років тому +17

    "A Khan of my word" Priceless! I want Mongol t-shirt!

    • @au9parsec
      @au9parsec 5 років тому +1

      Kalis and the Klingon Empire.

  • @TheAureliac
    @TheAureliac 3 роки тому +8

    Genghis also was very tolerant of differing religious beliefs. One of his most ingenious methods of building his empire was that he enforced diversity within his ranks: people who must rely on each other for subsistence learn to discard their prejudices.

  • @blafoon93
    @blafoon93 5 років тому +21

    Before subduing Korea.... sort of - it kept resisting forever. Nicely put. Koreans with their mountain fortresses and buddhist temples in the mountains that were an easy supply station for any rebel made it extremely pesky to keep a firm hold on it. It was never administrated by the Mongols but at some point they finally gave in to yearly tributes.

    • @SeoWoojin55
      @SeoWoojin55 2 роки тому +4

      Fun fact: Mongols actually did not raze any Korean cities because they respected their prowess in warfare so much. They had an armistice and became allies. The Mongols also needed the approval of the Korean emperor because of Korea’s status as the center of the “Eastern World” akin to the China’s status as center of the “Middle”. Goryeo kings married the firstborn daughters of the great Khans and Mongol kings married daughters of the Goryeo rulers. There was actually a Japanese phrase used to scare children that showed the mutual alliance the Koreans and Mongols had during the invasions of Japan. “Mokuri, Kokuri” meaning The Mongols and Koreans are coming. Another amazing thing is that Mongols respected Korea so much because they kept the Mongol invasions at bay for almost 50 years before agreeing to an armistice and a compulsatory alliance.

    • @enkhbaatarsukhbold6031
      @enkhbaatarsukhbold6031 2 місяці тому

      5,000 soldiers were enough for the Mongols to conquer Korea.

  • @vlaamscherp
    @vlaamscherp 5 років тому +91

    *Hold my fermented milk goat*

  • @robins.1919
    @robins.1919 3 роки тому +15

    2:10 So here in Germany we know him as "Dschingis (Khan)", wich is the german notation of Chinghis with the same pronunciation. Genghis is also known but most people refere to him as Dschingis.

  • @1911Zoey
    @1911Zoey 5 років тому +2

    I really like your comedic format. It's a bit cheeky but the thud gets me every damn time.

  • @mattc9998
    @mattc9998 3 роки тому +165

    Mongols: "If you can't invade China, become China"

  • @monksif
    @monksif 5 років тому +10

    Thanks for a great episode, TMH! It's quite impressive how the Mongols ruled such a composite population.

  • @mr.jglokta191
    @mr.jglokta191 2 роки тому +3

    "This was not a clever thing to do" is the perfect example of an understatement

  • @SSBPInstaFashion
    @SSBPInstaFashion 5 років тому +3

    FINALLY ! Been waiting ages for this one !

  • @connectedhistory
    @connectedhistory 5 років тому +2

    I love this channel - thank you so much for your work!!!

  • @eugeniafurman4968
    @eugeniafurman4968 2 роки тому +9

    The story of how he rescued his kidnapped wife after abandoning her in favor of a coat definitely needed more attention in this vid.

  • @l.u.i.s._.8452
    @l.u.i.s._.8452 3 роки тому +22

    Ghengis: *shows up in the Middle East*
    The Islamic golden age: why do I hear boss music?

  • @McRocket
    @McRocket 3 роки тому

    Fascinating and entertaining.
    Thanks you for this.

  • @benedictpotter8258
    @benedictpotter8258 9 місяців тому

    Fantastic videos - many thanks! If you do requests, then something about Tamerlane/Timur would be great.

  • @Egshiglen129
    @Egshiglen129 Рік тому +14

    As a Mongolian person you are absolutely right and thank you I had a little struggle haha ☺️

  • @therabman_5606
    @therabman_5606 4 роки тому +6

    what is best in life?...To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women!

  • @fjubben
    @fjubben 2 роки тому

    Your best video so far!! Thanks!

  • @f14tomcata88
    @f14tomcata88 4 роки тому +2

    I love how lightly the talk about death like say like he came down with a case of the dead’s

  • @InterloperBob
    @InterloperBob 3 роки тому +8

    "There job was to keep peace and lead the soldiers into war."
    Seems like an easy job with no contradictions at all.

    • @mirzaahmed6589
      @mirzaahmed6589 3 роки тому +2

      War is Peace. Freedom is Slavery. Ignorance is Strength.

  • @limbobilbo8743
    @limbobilbo8743 2 роки тому +4

    2:53
    I legit thought he just had tiny legs for a second

  • @beastieman4207
    @beastieman4207 5 років тому

    never stop watching ur amazing vids u make good content👍👌🏻❤

  • @manrajbassra23
    @manrajbassra23 5 років тому

    Yes I've been looking forward to this one

  • @reiniervanderhulst3375
    @reiniervanderhulst3375 5 років тому +4

    Awesome stuff, as usual. Especially the 'Barbarians go home' graffiti :)

  • @hughmongus6191
    @hughmongus6191 2 роки тому +6

    Great video. I wish you have mentioned Alexander Nevsky's standoff and John Wayne playing Genghis Khan in a movie.

  • @johnbee7729
    @johnbee7729 Рік тому

    Fascinating- thank you

  • @kyrossima5092
    @kyrossima5092 5 років тому +1

    Is a super video I love your videos and I learn so much with your videos

  • @sanskaarkulkarni1036
    @sanskaarkulkarni1036 3 роки тому +6

    0:35
    "Can we have a temple"
    "You can have a hill"

  • @MrPaul-bn9cl
    @MrPaul-bn9cl 5 років тому +12

    I laughed at Genghis running through the flowers underneath the FRIENDSHIP sign.
    Oh Mongols... Oh you Mongols...

  • @nik65stgt60
    @nik65stgt60 Рік тому

    Great content!

  • @jimparsons6803
    @jimparsons6803 2 роки тому

    Liked the presentation. And the various 'fun facts' that are tossed in from time to time. I looked on YT for some information about the Huns on Ten Minute, with no luck. Is such a clip already on YT ? If not, it might be instructive that such a clip be made and put on YT.

  • @martinmarvinofsparta3656
    @martinmarvinofsparta3656 4 роки тому +14

    So where will you conquer?
    Mongols: Yes

  • @DanielgtaLaw
    @DanielgtaLaw 5 років тому +20

    *Mongol Empire and Genghis Khan intensifies*

  • @banditjourno
    @banditjourno 2 роки тому

    Great stuff!

  • @ansgarhamer3731
    @ansgarhamer3731 5 років тому +2

    I really enjoy your entertaining and informative videos, thank you so much! :)

  • @Beardo_07
    @Beardo_07 4 роки тому +14

    Silk road: *exists*
    Bubonic Plaque: *travels*
    People: “It’s Pretty Great!”

  • @AncientHistoryGuy
    @AncientHistoryGuy 5 років тому +20

    So... many... history...videos...today... great video Ten Minute History! XD

  • @MoonBurn13
    @MoonBurn13 8 місяців тому +1

    I’m part Lithuanian, and hence don’t find this little episode in history all that appetizing. Perhaps I’ll be back to watch though.🫣

  • @usanotsuki
    @usanotsuki 2 роки тому +1

    i've read the book! you've managed to summarize what took me weeks to comprehend to 10 min.

  • @Vitruvian_Person
    @Vitruvian_Person 2 роки тому +4

    Kublai's Religious Policies can largely be summed up as "eh". Magnificent

  • @johnbalk6091
    @johnbalk6091 3 роки тому +5

    Question: when one person holds a sign that says”soon” and squints their eyes, is that a reference to the move “The Patriot “ ?

  • @Normal_Perosn
    @Normal_Perosn Рік тому

    Finally someone who actually makes videos in 10 minutes and doesn’t clickbait

  • @haroldellis9721
    @haroldellis9721 5 років тому +2

    I'm all caught up now, having watched and "liked" every video.

  • @thesenate5913
    @thesenate5913 5 років тому +22

    "medicine at that time was crap"
    *rub poo in it*

    • @Ben-ep1de
      @Ben-ep1de 3 роки тому +2

      Frankly pants :)

  • @rorychivers8769
    @rorychivers8769 3 роки тому +6

    4:21 ...before subduing Korea.... sort of.
    It kept resisting..... FOREVER

  • @worldcatloversheavenwatcht2927

    Thank you sir

  • @michurisukira
    @michurisukira 3 роки тому

    I love this, very nice

  • @lacthas
    @lacthas 4 роки тому +8

    Please do a wonderfully snarky video on the thrice failed invasion of Dai Viet. It's epic, and you're the man who can give it the mix of levity and David-vs-Goliath flavor that story deserves. (Please stay away from the Wikipedia articles for your research. Trust me on this. Also, the "Dai" in "Dai Viet" rhymes with "die.")

  • @TheFrothyBrew
    @TheFrothyBrew 3 роки тому +4

    Would love a video that is only how the Mongolian empire dissolved!

  • @keno1069
    @keno1069 Рік тому

    Fascinating story!

  • @amelulomexad3237
    @amelulomexad3237 2 роки тому +2

    I recommend wolf of the plain by conn igulden ( or something like that) it's basically a biography of ghengis khan to the point of uniting all Mongols I think he made other volumes but any ways it's a great book and it's basically my source of knowledge about temujin of the blue wolves ( Genghis khan)

  • @TheLoneTerran
    @TheLoneTerran 2 роки тому +6

    I knew Kublai was going to win because he was in Civ haha. Also, from what I've read, so many people died to Genghis that over the following years, depopulated areas that had had a large lumber industry had their forests grow back which slightly lowered the global temperature. Just a tad. But pretty impressive that one dude did that.

  • @hopseshopsidis
    @hopseshopsidis 4 роки тому +8

    History Matters: Genghis Khan is the greatest conqueror in history
    Alexander the Great: Am I a joke to you?

  • @DarkDennis1961
    @DarkDennis1961 5 років тому

    Best video ever.

  • @Dontknowme81
    @Dontknowme81 2 роки тому +1

    I can’t stop watching the little guys holding their signs lol