Genghis Khan: His Life And His Legacy
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Genghis Khan - a name that is synonymous with barbaric cruelty and conquest. 800 years ago he created the greatest army the world has ever known, wielding it with tactical brilliance to lay claim to the largest empire in world history. No other man, not Alexander, Napoleon or Hitler, ever came close to the level of success in conquest of the Mongolian man of steel. How did he do it? In this week’s Biographics, we discover how a simple peasant rose from one of the harshest environments on the planet to take the world by storm.
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He didn't kill his brother just because he stole a fish. He killed him because he was hoarding food for himself while the rest of the family scraped by. The fish was just the last straw for Temujin / Genghis.
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Steal a man’s fish in 1167, he deserved it.
And his step brother was gonna screw Genghis's mom
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That was his half brother who was older? envy jealousy animosity?
@@hugostiglitz491😮😢
"Conquering the world on horseback is easy; it is dismounting and governing that is hard.”
― Genghis Khan
Apparently getting off the horse is mortally difficult for Genghis.
Who translated , and where is the source . He didnt know english and reading the texts in mongolian i havent found that quote anywhere
Bold-Ochir Batbayar
Grow up
only for ghengis it is was easy..But for others it was not.
I have to say for a Mongol leader that is a embarrassing way to die
It’s nice to have a channel teaching stuff like this!
Yes, a beautiful story
Of the great Evil Idiot Mafia
That happily Raped and Slaughtered
100+ Million men, women, children, babies
@@apeman2035 raped 100 million men haha
No.
Yes I’m Blessed I recommend extra credits videos on things like this he got a couple things wrong and didn’t mention genghis khans real name temujin
Im learning more here than I am learning at my school
no mention of how he was originally named Temujin?
Erudito otidurE Right on, almost forgot about that. Thx for the remind.
His father, Yesugei, killed a Tartar named Temujin-Uge. Yesugei named his son after the warrior he had defeated.
No mention he was the antagonist in "The Shadow" with Alec Baldwin???
Lol, good piece :-)
His mom named him
Temujin was his name, a good solid Mongol name like, Oh, Simon. Khan is a title, and Genghis was probably the name of the year's MVP in the sheep's-head hockey league.
“I am the punishment of God...If you had not committed great sins, God would not have sent a punishment like me upon you.”
- Genghis Khan
its true he said that but it isnt a good translation, well more like one must look at the context, with thr mongols religion being tengrism, tengrists tend to believe everything is the will of god (maybe not the creationist god of the West) so its kind of a phrase everybody said during their time
Anyone but the God of the bible heh .
Patrick Parker for all we know there could be one god and the different religions are interpretations of the same god like force.
Just sayin.
They are clearly quite different , the bible stands out from the rest of them , a little study will clearly show you that , for a start all other belief systems are works based , Christianity is faith based , you cannot work you're way into heaven , not a chance .
Patrick Parker yes they are all different but what im saying is they may all be different interpretations of the same deity. The religions all have their clear differences but i find it interesting that we find religion in ALL recorded human societies.
it would be great if you can do a follow up of kublai khan as well. that is one crazy story as well. Great work with this channel. Thanks for quality content.
Lesson? Don't kill the envoy.
Unless ITS SPARTA!!!
nosuchthing8 I heard spartan women were hot, was it true?
Vwap Trader2019 not sure but women in Sparta were expected to as physically fit as their male counterparts.
The Mongols: They are the exception
-CrashCourse World History
Crash Course is propaganda
@@jordandennis6794 For smart people?
@@romanrepublic1356 For Communists!
the crash course's Mongols exception soundtrack played in my head as I read your comment
@@Dissident_Porcupine73 Communists? Take me to your dealer.
Simon, you glossed over probably the most important points in the life of Genghis. First, he revolutionized warfare with his complete reliance on cavalry. Mongol boys usually began riding horses by the age of 2, and by their early teen years were experienced horsemen, riding without saddle or stirrups, and from that platform were able to fire a bow and arrow rapidly and accurately. They had minimal problems with supplies since each warrior carried everything he needed to live and fight with him. Genghis' system of decimal organization of his army - a basic unit of 10, then 10 groups of 10, then 10 X 100, 10 X 100, with a variable number of groups of 1000 under each general - was as revolutionary as the Roman century system. Communication was, of course, by verbal message, but he utilized the Mongol tradition of song and lyric poetry by putting orders into the form of a song, to be memorized by each messenger.
His method of dealing with besieged cities was revolutionary, as well. He used various forms of psychological warfare to encourage peaceful surrender, and on first confronting a fortified city, he offered complete amnesty to everyone if the city surrendered and agreed to be incorporated into the Mongol system. If they fought, he promised, and delivered complete obliteration of the city and it's people. Captives were categorized by skill - artisans, priests, accountants, linguists, those who could read and write etc. - and they were dispersed around the empire according to where they were needed, with the conscious intent to mix cultures so they could learn from each other. He allowed complete freedom of religion, and religious tolerance was encouraged (and enforced). He created a postal system, sort of a Camel Express. He standardized protocols along the Silk Road and branch trading routes, building newer and better caravanserai, eliminated regional tariffs, and eliminated the menace of bandits. His scholars invented a written language for spoken Mongol.
In short, he created a smoothly functioning empire with uniform standards, spanning two continents, with efficient commerce and communication. It lasted until his death, when it was divided and passed on to his four sons. They were more of the gold toilet and doorknob school of governance, so most of what he had built quickly fell apart. There were temporary exceptions like his grandson Kublai, but the rest of the empire, under Donald Khan Jr. and Eric Khan rapidly decayed.
That was a lot of words for a UA-cam comment.
@@damanigrey8123 It's a few paragraphs...
he also created the paper money
I am mongol,writing from Mongolia.This empire-World military super power👹👹👹was the most strong state in all human history,much more powerful than -Romans,Arab Khalifat,Nazy Germany,USSR &USA.Only short reign great khans-Ugedei 1229-1241,Guek 1246-1248,Munke 1251-1259 and 40 years civil war prevented to occupy all Eurase continent,muslim countries in North Africa and Japan.
Yes because a short short video should encompass every single detail of a man's life and impact.
"How many boards could a Mongol hoard if a Mongol horde got bored?" - Calvin and Hobbes
I fell asleep on an Oscar Wilde video and woke up to this.
I'm glad I did.
Oscar Wilde is gay.
Anyone here listen to the band The HU? "Yuve Yuve Yu!"
buynewsoul0 is that like mein teil
Wow. AdSense is god awful for demonetizing this level of work and dedication. THIS is why I wrote 'I don't think UA-cam is a reliable trading partner' in that little survey about why I haven't monotized my channel. I feel for ya Shell/Simon and crew. Sorry for the poor quality of Google services these days. Hopefully someone will displace them with a better platform at some point. The bar is looking lower.
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UA-cam is definitely getting pathetic on many levels. They are doing a great job of making themselves the next MySpace of the internet.
Once at the top of the mountain and soon to be the joke of the internet.
R.I.P UA-cam 2021. Thanks for once being great.
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Quite possibly the greatest warlord in history.
No doubt, he is the greatest, only people from the conquered land and white racist don't think so, that's like 90% of the world's population.
@@theblondknight9579 it was 90% at the time
Ertonts Choros no doubt he was great at what he did, I think that is indisputable, but he was responsible for like 30-40 million deaths, so I can't see him as a great man
He said Greatest Warlord, not the greatest man.@@anatoldenevers237
@@anatoldenevers237 so what if he killed millions of people in his conquests he said warlord not great man and obviously people aren’t going to be as good as people now
"KHAAAAAAAANNNNNNN!"
Yes. Well delivered
Epic seen
I see your honor
Apparently he wasn’t a brave child and was instead very timid and was often bullied by his step brothers, it wasn’t until he turned 15 that he would become a great warrior.
He had brothers and half brothers, no step brothers
Simiar to Octavian then. Although Octavian stuck with diplomacy focus instead
Jamuka is like "I said I wanted to suffocate ON carpet not IN carpet"
David Townsend Hahahahaha
Timujin: oopsie daisy
What a bizarrely specific death as well. Imagine the conversation for that.
"Well my old friend, how would you like to die? Something dramatic? How about a swift and painless beheading?"
"Nah, just roll me up in a big ol' rug and let me run out of oxygen."
"... What?"
@@vsGoliath96 Actually in Mongolia it was less honorable to shed blood in an execution, almost taboo. The most respectful form of execution was rolling someone in a carpet and throwing them in a river.
Genghis Khan has gotta be one of the smartest state crafters who has ever lived. His understanding of social systems and how to create and manipulate them is still impressive to this day. Not to mention him being one of the best and most wily military strategists who has ever lived.
But there is still no way I would ever want to live under the so called "Pax Mongolia" that some of the more apologist historians love to tell you about.
ApplesPapples he knew how to insure loyalty from people, since he became king, till his death, he didn't have the need to kill a siingle general
Altangerel The generals were mostly too busy conquering lands. The infighting didn't start until after Ogedi's death.
He outlawed bride kidnapping to the point that it became a wedding game for newlyweds to chase each other after the solemnizing ceremony
why wouldnt you want to live under him, at least there was something called loyalty and trust under him . unlike today where people fuk each other every time.
@@temuulenaltangerel5773 Its not King it's more like Kagan King of Kings and the word Genghis Khan means Universal Ruler
The god of war himself, unrivaled conquest, it shall never be repeated
The god of strength I’d say ;)
It is great that you are showing interest and making this video on this topic.However, as a Mongolian, I can't help but to correct some of the inaccuracies here.
1) First of all, you really should not say Genghis was born because the name itself is really a title meaning universal ruler and was given to him when he became the leader of all warring nomadic tribes of Mongolia.
2) His mother's name is Oelun, not a Harleeeen? no idea where you got that name from.
3) He didn't go back to the guard he knocked off, but he was hiding near the river bed and was later spotted by an old man, part of the team to brought him back. However, the old man was quite impressed by his craftiness of him hiding there in the middle of the night as peopled wouldn't really check there and decided not to report him simply because he liked the little boy.
4) Temujin did not simply leave Borte to his mother and went to look for alliance with others. It was actually because of Borte meaning due to her capture by Merkit's, he formed the alliance to get his wife back. Of course, he knew that without his help of blood brother Jamukha and Toirol Wan, he was not able to do that. Because of his alliance, he was obliged to support the others when they needed help. In short, you got the chronology incorrect. Borte was kidnapped first and then Genghis saved her by forming the alliance.
5) About the segment on Borte's jealousy of what you are almost saying "Bromance" of Temujin and Jamukha- I highly doubt that there was a jealousy, but she was fully aware of the fact that Jamukha wouldn't want to co-rule what they would achieve in the future. It was quite clear that Jamukha really believed that there must be only one absolute ruler. If you read more carefully, it was quite clear that Genghis highly valued advice from his mother and wife, which backed by quite many incidents in the Secret History of Mongols and other sources.
6) The total number of his Army never surpassed 150,000; thus, I rightly doubt that he sent the number you gave to be correct.
I would also like to suggest a documentary on him to those who are interested. Genghis Khan by BBC and it is the most historically accurate one I have seen from numerous coverages on him and all actors played are true Mongolians. Thus, it would educate you on the topic much better than most sources, I would argue.
Thanks!
You forgot that Kublia was his great nephew not grandson thanks for correcting the other stuff I had no idea, I love the Imperial period of Mongol history truly one of the most fascinating and improbable empires ever.
Now THAT is the way to present objections and criticisms of someone else's work. No calling someone an IDIOT or worse but with respect and clear facts. Very interesting as I know very little about the Khan.
@@indy_go_blue6048 It is hard to state something far long ago as fact though, especially something from Ghenghis Khan time and from a man like him. Usually, facts are covered with ambiguous folktales, lores, and legends. I think the best approach to learn history is about the general chronology: where he went, whom he fought, the situations of the fight..., something like blood friendship, wifes being abducted, illegitimate son/daughters are questionable and can be misinterpreted in an irrelevant manner. If my memory serves correctly, some guy even let their messengers to go to one place even knowing that would be no return because they are looking for excuses to raid on other countries and I dare not think a man of Khan's caliber did not think about it.
Also Vlad the Impaler his brother .
The original Stallion who Mounts the World.
Khan stands out among all great conquerors in that he was never deposed, exiled, defeated, or died young. He lived a full live and died in his 60s still an emperor and conqueror. Not many others can say the same.
Unlike most other UA-cam video posts about Genghis, this one actually have fewer errors. Good work! Thank you
Appreciate ya Simon!! This channel is AMAZING!
It was awesome to see so much information about his earlier years. So much information on Temüjin focuses on the obviousness of his military career and not the specifics of his rise. This felt like a true bio and not a stuffy historical recount - Awesome job, peeps! TY!
Another amazing video please keep up the great work !!!!!
This is value! Thank you the time and effort your put in this videos. Keep going! Subbed
Qing? Qin? Surely you mean Jin or Song right? You are either 1000 years too late with Qin or 600 years too early for Qing.
Crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentation of their woman
There's some debate but his name was probably pronounced something like "Ching-gis Han"
Ian Colquhoun: Glad you brought the pronunciation up. It was getting to me. Cheers!
I think "Genghis Khan" comes from the Persians who couldn't pronounce the "Ch" or "H" sounds which don't exist in the Persian language. So they used the hard "G" and "K" to make it easy for them to say
yup really it’s чингис хаан in mongolian but yeah chingghis Han would be better pronunciation
Yes you are right.
Its not a debate, its a fact
My favourite history UA-cam channel straight to the point I’ve learned about so many individuals because of biographics
I must say that your an amazing person taking all this time to help teach us and enlighten us on so many varied topics thru time
who's here after playing ghost of tsushima
Who’s here after he got cancelled on Twitter?
Ralph O cant wait for his apology video
Ralph O What happened?
I literally had goosebumps from watching these video.
I. LOVE. THESE. BIOGRAPHICS. Thanks for you and your teams hard work 8) I listen to them as I'm doing work.
astonished by the way you precisely tell the history and phenomenal information ..
Nice video, do more like this. Rulers, Generals, Kings
Keep up the work!
Love both your channels! Keep up the good work! Now that you did one Genghis you have to do one on Attila the Hun.
Great channel Simon! Keep up the good work!
Love this
im a NERD for biographies and history, and i love researching why people did what they did, how they did it ect. So your channel\s are a GOLDMINE of awesomeness !
Keep up the amazing work !
"Never make an ass of yourself trying to play parts you aren't suited for."
-John Wayne, directly after playing Temujin in The Conquerer
*deafening whitsle* (230db at least). Good work Simon! Bells clicked and video liked!
Just found your channel I can’t stop watching! Great content, brilliantly presented. Well done buddy 👍
This is one of the few biographies you've done that could do with being longer. So interesting! Thank you.
Please do a video for Kublai Khan. Thank you.
One of your best bios simon.. Congrats
Yaaay you listened to me! Thank you Simon!
0:40 - Chapter 1 - Early days
2:40 - Chapter 2 - First kill
4:25 - Chapter 3 - Forging alliances
6:00 - Chapter 4 - Absolute power
10:25 - Chapter 5 - The great khan
12:00 - Chapter 6 - Conquest abroad
14:40 - Chapter 7 - The end
You didn’t mention how Ghenghis Khan was enslaved for 10 years in tangut kingdom as slave. He rise from nothing and became the greatest warrior world 🌍 has ever known.
I found that many warlords rise from nothing. Perhaps that's will repeat and repeat if societies always splitting
Learning so much with these videos, thx.
Happy New Year Simon! Genghis Khan of UA-cam! :D
“Set me free and give me a horse or I’ll say you helped me”
If you put that in a movie it would never work!
Reality is utterly crazy.
The charisma of ghangis khan
Please do Hunter S Thompson!!
Daniel Groundwater search Today I Found Out - Gonzo Journalism
Awesome!!! Love this channel so much :-)
Thanks Biographics.
Good work Simon but only 16 min to the great Khan was not enough. Did you know he fathered so many children that many Mongols today can trace some heritage to him?
Luke Zuzga actually more than half the planet can trace back to him
David Townsend, I'm of European descent and I had my DNA tested. I was surprised to find out I have 2% north east Asian DNA.
We did an top 10 list about him on TopTenz. ua-cam.com/video/q8GOAR2IHIU/v-deo.html
Biographics thx
David Townsend I did a DNA test and found that I am he, reincarnated. Relax, having all these children chilled me out from conquest.
He did all that with NO military training or anything like that. Think about that. *WOW!* I didn't know that.
Listen in everyday at work. Great videos
Thank you Simon
Good summary. Two points. He was known for killing civilians, but it was according to his own code. He was unmerciful to any that didn’t submit or subjugate themselves or surrender. But he saw great value in artisans & experts of all skill sets, often sparing their lives & encouraging them to thrive under his wing, greatly advancing many arts. It’s actions such as those that show he wasn’t just an unsophisticated barbarian killing & plundering, bent on destruction, but that he was also trying to build something more lasting. And speaking of lasting, because of him raping & pillaging the world, genetic tests show his bloodline still exists in modern people, some estimates credit him with having more descendants than any other historical figure. Of course, we don’t have his actual genetic material, so these pronouncements are probably speaking as much about Mongol bloodlines as opposed to Ghengis’. Regardless, some say his blood is in a billion people today.
Yes, It is disappointing that nearly all the stories in doco's about him miss all the information what really shows how intelligent he really was and the motives behind his actions (His understanding of social engineering was far ahead of its time). I the repeating of a lot of the old Christian propaganda of the time.
I was curious where I inherited extreme rage and brutality 😱
Happy New Year to all! Make 2018 a great year. Keep a smile on your face and hope in your heart.
Again
Another great video
Thanks ....
Your videos are never boring
Always informing
Simon how about video on civil war ??
Very good journalism. Keep up the good work.
May I suggest "Atilla The Hun" and/or "Suleiman The Magnificent" I love this series, keep up the great work!!!!!😁
Also Tamerlane!
Great vid. I didn't thin k you'd be able to tell ghengis' story in only 16 minutes but you did a great job. Tons of info
You’re great Simon! Have you considered doing a video about the tomb of Genghis Khan? Thanks!
Bro u do such a good job at this
Oi Simon, point of correction: he wasn't a peasant he was the son of a tribal chief
And 2 the reson he went to togural was not only because he was one of the strongest tribal chief at the time bit also because torgural was a closed friend of his father( Anda or blood brothers)
As you thank us for watching, we do thank you for such valuable materials Simon.
May you please make an episode about Stalin? I've asked you before in the Erwin's episode, please consider such significant character "historically not humanly". In addition, u may kindly continue this interesting episode by making another one about his grandson Kublai.
Thanks in advance and have a good day,
Regards,
Ahmad,
47Sukhoi he made one
These history lessons are terribly satisfying. LOL We want more!
I like that summary,thank you simon
Please do a video on Subutai
Biographics is one of the best programs on uTube .Simon has the skill of using such discourse with great eloquence. I am looking forward to seeing Catherine the Great of Russia she is an intriguing woman 😉
Thanks for sharing...I learned a lot
That last line about the flow of trade and info was great. It really makes you think.
The British Empire was the largest empire in history. The Mongol empire was the largest contiguous empire. An important difference
Faheem Wyne
Largest by area. The amount of effort that each country put in to conquer land differs greatly too.
While Brits invaded empty land with bunch of tribes, Mongols were dealing with civilized, much much stronger armies back in the day to conque land.
So which one is the Greates by your definition?
This makes another big difference for each.
While Brits like to start from the scratch, Mongols were lazy and wanted to settle in already civilized nations at the time.
Enk G no the British empire was largest by area, the Mongol empire was the largest continuous empire, it was all one piece unlike the British empire which had colonies all over the world. But if you put all the UK colonies together they would be bigger than the Mongol empire
The British empire covered 20.9 million m2 of landmass.
The Mongol Empire covered 9.15 million m2 of landmass.
Faheem Wyne they were almost the same size though, but yeah you’re right the Mongol Empire was the largest contiguous empire in word history.
@@Potatoshaneko Wasn't the British empire only 13.71 million mi2?
Hi, Just wondering if you would do a biography on Joan of ARC, she is one of my favourites. Thanks for the amazing research really enjoyed it.
They did! Around 4 months ago. Hope you watched it already :D
Simon and crew, just want to say i love your videos! Always interesting topics that have me glued to my phone and you tell each story very well. Keep up the great work guys! Cant wait for the next vid. (on either channel)
This was AWSOME
Simon is the man. I sub to any channel that he does
Sir, do you have a video on
Gen. Douglas MacArthur ?
Cool info sir.. Really makes you think..
Hardcore history dan carlin has 4 or 5 4 hr podcasts on the mongols. Definitely worth a listen.
He took Russia in WINTER.
another well-done biography
Its crucial to pass down the historys of such accomplished humans.
Great videos
These videos are like a longer more detailed version of a books blurb, how much of this do you research from Wikipedia?
Love your videos mate, however, their were several misleading information:
It‘s the "Jin" empire, not "Qin". Qin was the first empire of China, back in 221 BCE. Jin was the Dynasty that was ruling the northern parts of China, and the rulers were the Jurchen people from Manchuria.
"China", was the Song dynasty at this time, and the Mongols did not conquer it during Chinggis Khan‘s lifetime. It will be until his grandson, Kublai Khan, that was the person to conquer all of China in 1279, which he then established the Yuan Dynasty.
Also, you should have mentioned Chinggis/Genghis Khan is not his name, but his title. His birth name is Temujin.
😊😊😊 loved it. As if I'm listening to stories. Thank you. 😁😎
They saw he was special and gave him every way to succeed and succeed he did
Died 793 years ago. There was life before us, and there will be life after us. I guess it is quite important to enjoy our short lives while we have them, and to leave a legacy if we can.
Also, the thought that there are millions of people living today that are descendants of Khan really makes you think. What are the chances of any of us being alive... after all of the people each of our ancestors could have mated with, and still we are here.
Please can you also do African figures like King Shaka Zulu from South African or Queen Nzinga from Angola
Vumi Msweli you have seen extra history? (channel:extra credit) they do some history figures
Vumi Msweli nobody cares
seid loke we get it, you werent loved as a child
Ewwwwww... no he should do Native American war chiefs
Or mansa musa, one of the richest west african kings of his time, and shared much of his wealth with other lands along his travels...
Well done!
Absolutely tremendous.
Sounds like the Dothraki!
Or dothraki was based on them (just sayings)
"...to get his wish, and be suffocated in a carpet." HAHAHAHA
Adam Stumpe
Hey uh...genghis???I'm Not sure that's what he meant...
great work..however noticed you dident have this one on your podcast but 2 seperate alexander the great however they got diffrent descriptions and playtime i havent heard and comperd them if they differ but i thought might let you know just in case tho..saw the kublai khan one uploaded recently i liked the one with subetai and i wonder are you gonna do more of tatar khans? would be nice with timur and golden hordes khans and 'rulers' but the on any steppenomades id be happy hehe great work either way😊
Brilliant mate!
Pax perpetua.