Genghis Khan was _never_ a peasant. He was merely a dispossessed nobleman. This is a fundamental distinction. (He was the son of a clan chief, chased out of power by other rival aristocrats) This may be hard for people to grasp in the modern world where true metaphysical class distinctions have almost ceased to exist and people conceive of wealth as the only marker of distinction, but this is a relatively recent phenomenon. Temüjin always would have understood himself as a member of the elite, even if he was dressed in rags and had not a coin to his name. It was not wealth that made one a peasant or an aristocrat but the blood in their veins.
Correct. The prevailing creation myth in East Asia was nobles were made out of yellow clay by the hand of the creator goddess, while commoners were created by dragging a rope through mud. They weren't even considered the same species, much less social standing.
Brilliantly written. This whole video essay is useless if the maker doesn’t understand this or chooses to change this intentionally in order for the story to fit his modern world view.
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I’ve read 2 books about Genghis Khan. Know entirely too much about his life. And I am still going to watch this video and learn something new. Thank you for your videos sir
00:50 Muhammad is a much, much better analogue for Genghis Khan than Jesus. Jesus neither led armies nor built empires, nor did he unify disparate tribes in his homeland into a single polity. He did not personally spread a new civilization across diverse countries or establish dynasties from his followers that would rule successor empires for centuries. However, all of these accomplishments apply equally to both Muhammad and Genghis Khan. It's debatable whether Jesus or Muhammad was more globally influential overall. I’m undecided on that particular debate. However, historically speaking, Jesus was primarily a preacher. While his indirect influence was undoubtedly immense, Christianity was shaped more by the writers of the Gospels, refined by Paul into a distinct faith, and ultimately spread by the Romans within an existing empire. Islamic civilization, on the other hand, was more directly shaped by Muhammad, who most probably did all the religious preaching, holy book writing and early empire building himself. I don't expect to get many likes for this because it's undercuts religious narratives for both Islam and Christianity. But I feel it needed to be said for the sake of historicity. I'd say that both Jesus and Muhammad are leagues ahead of Genghis Khan in terms of influence in any case.
I had the exact same criticism as I was watching this video. Napoleon would have likely agreed with this kind of reasoning as well: ‘Muhammad was a great man, an intrepid soldier; with a handful of men he triumphed at the battle of Bender (sic); a great captain, eloquent, a great man of state, he revived his fatherland and created a new people and a new power in the middle of Arabia.’
@@crazyzebra6369nowadays Christianity is the world's biggest religion by head count, and I'd argue the effects of European and western colonialism are intrinsically tied to it's Christian faith. But both are certainly massive.
Jesus and Muhammad were spiritual leaders, hence their influence goes far deeper than most conquerors. I'd say Muhammad is like a combination of both Jesus and temujin, an empire builder and preacher. Both had affected the world at a far earlier stage than Khan, so obviously their influence would be wide reaching, but I'd argue that since their effect was mostly spiritual, their impact on the culture is incredibly visible, whereas a conqueror like Alexander or Caesar mostly had an impact on the political landscape. Genghis Khan had the greatest impact of any conqueror in history, and had a sizeable cultural, technological and societal impact as well, but these are not as visible as the legacies of Muhammad and Jesus.
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I'm so confused by why his video continually referred to Temujin as being "born a peasant" when he was born the son of a major Mongol chief. Like, yeah his father died and he lost everything, but that was decidedly after he was born.
being made to have a cushy childhood then in your teens being forced to let that all go i would argue is harder because he would have to flip his mental along with being short resources
I was reading "Genghis Khan" by Jack Weatherford for class (it's not a great book tbh he makes some big leaps) and one of the things I thought was interesting was when Genghis Khan died and was brought back to Mongolia to be buried Jack deliberately mentions how in the span of a generation the Mongol people went from using iron as an uncommon material to cutting the meat for their meals with Damascus steel knives. So yeah Temujin was literally born a noble effectively but the mongol tribes were not particularly rich and its even suggested that they were played off of each other to keep them poor.
@ bro who do you think collects the taxes? Also that’s the point I’m making by saying Mongolia was poor at the time. I think what OP was getting at is it’s wrong to call Temujin a peasant because that’s a distinct social class that he just wasn’t in, and it would be more accurate to say he started his conquest with very little.
@@cosmoskid4613 yes he was not peasant but he had peasant when he was childhood and barely serving it still impressive there is lots of nobles just like temujin but he was fighted for it not even noble Mongolia united whole nation and dominated whole world
@@sekmyt5000 no some of Mongolia history was always false those false information always comes from those people who didn't even visited the Mongolia. There is book called secret history of Mongolia that all of them translated to English
@@cosmoskid4613 he aint a king from birth. i know he got some royal blood in him but he spend his childhood in poverty dawg. i understand you that you dont wanna "see" khan as some peasant but still you should stick to the truth.
42:43 - Temujin's sons? Ogedei was the greatest of great Khans, perhaps only his father excepted; he captured more territory than his dad and commissioned public works, far exceeding his dad. Projects include the construction of roads, bridges, and infrastructure improvements, enhancing trade and communication across the Mongol Empire; emphasising state-building and administrative development. Unfortunately, the civil war that came after his death, pretty much began the end of the empire.
I love the pronunciation, in Turkey we still use the name Cengiz today and we use han as a suffix as well, think of names such as Velihan, Tunahan, Ayhan, etc. I'm ready to enjoy this video!
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This guy and Muhammed have the single most important legacies in the history of Asia. Both started small and scraped and clawed to gather a fierce and fanatic following that outlived them. Ghengis was more successful in the short term than any other conqueror ever, but Muhammed started a sociological trend that displaced what remained of the Phoenician, Roman, Greek, and Persian cultural hegemonies.
The only reason I can figure for their attempted invasion of Japan was because of reports of lots of gold, so the reasons for expansion weren't always just to control trade, but simple pillaging.
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At 07:25 you mentioned the mongolian spiritual belief of an internal spiritual animal (a horse in most cases) needing to be conquered to live a prosperous life. I don't know how true his potential death cause being falling from a horse is, but if so, it is unbelievably poetic, especially considering how he was considered a lucky man.
According to Britannica, his father was poisoned when he was 9. This would make him kill his brother the following year or so. I dont know where he got 12 from.
This is good to know I came here to make some huge long rants about this and I’m glad you guys have it figured out. Because I thought I was going crazy. I’m like that math doesn’t math right to me.
The fact that the Mongols hunters, and their hunting required horseback riding combined with archery gave the Mongol's a BIG advantage over everyone else because much of the world had transitioned to farming, and farming has no skills which are useful militarily. The Mongol's way of life had basically trained them for warfare. Archers on horseback have always been a huge problem for militaries in history. They can attack from a distance, and they can arrive and leave quickly. If you're just some guy with a sword and shield, you're screwed because you'll be shot with arrows before you can close enough to attack. And if you did manage to run up to the horse and rider, he can just ride away and shoot arrows from a safe distance.
Awesome video! You should make one about Beethoven, as he was depressed, alcoholic, and deaf, yet still persevered to change how we hear music! He’s a very interesting character
I love this guy's work. It's truly unique and always enriching. I'm an Irish storyteller by blood. I suspect we share commonality in this but, his talents far exceed most others.
The fact that you made a video about this and the fall of civilization podcast also just released a video about the mongols at the exact same time is insane, time to learn about mongols 🐴
@ It should have been fed to me immediately since my interaction with this channel is so high and consistent. As if it were, it’d be analogous to my situation with other channels. You’d be mad too if you scroll through so much BS on your phone’s recommended to not even get a video like this. 😂
Title: "Orphan" O'elun, Temujin's mother who arranged his marriage to Borte and was still alive when he took the the title of "Chinggis Khan" at around age 30-40: STOP TELLING EVERYONE I'M DEAD
Why do we just skip how he gathered so many men to follow him into battle? A poor boy with nothing but his family somehow gathering so many soldiers is just…said. With no explanation
@@Crimsonshiv277 Internet pedant, everyone understand what the video said but they want recognition for being intentionally stupid and purposefully misunderstood the point
@@j.2512 this is either ragebait or simply the musings of someone who has not studied history at all let alone central asian history. He was quite literally a starving castaway from mongol Society.....
This wasn’t mentioned in the video, but he made many friends and allies on his growth to adolescence. Many of whom were skilled warriors or noblemen, and they were crucial in propping him up as a leader until he became a small warlord. Even a rival warlord he had to kill in his later years was actually one of his old best friends who helped him retrieve his wife.
I’m sure it’s just because it gets more views but why are saying he was born a peasant when he was born to a chieftain? Just sets a bad taste about integrity for future statements.
@@orterves but they didn't occupy, "Berke (grandson of Genghis Khan) had no intention of occupying or conquering Poland", this can be found in the "First Mongol invasion of Poland" wikipedia page in the "Later Mongol invasions" section, and I didn't find anything about them occupying Polish land in the page, only a mention about them setting up a camp in the "Mongol invasion of Europe" page in the "Invasion of Poland" section
hey, small discrepancy i happened to notice, at 2:54, you mention the exile happened during Temujin's 12th birthday and then at 3:49, you said that temujin shot his older brother when he was only 10. needless to say, wonderful narration and amazing video essay!
Did not have a reputation for his cruelty? Don't see how that's true. At least for us persians (Iran,Tajikistan Afghanistan) he is known as for his cruelty and bloodthirst for killings and destruction
Being a bit of a contrarian, I've always been more interested in Timur, or Tamerlane, as he was called in Europe. The most successful successor of the Khan, his beginnings were just as small and meager as the Khan's, but his empire became just as notorious, if not as massive, as Genghis's. I'm not trying to top you, this video was great, thank you. Also, an interesting factoid is that factoid means something people think is a fact but is, in fact, not true. The word factlet actually means a little known fact, and an interesting factlet is that most people think factoid means factlet, which makes this, to most people, a factoid, and they'd be wrong. Good night, everybody.
"Also, an interesting factoid is that factoid means something people think is a fact but is, in fact, not true." Calling this "an interesting factoid", thus making the given definition untrue?
biggest empire but left virtually zero legacy, didn't invent anything, didn't advance culture but regressed it, every culture they conquered was millenia ahead of them. The mongols only knew how to kill and little else.
I found in a late 1800s newspaper an article on secret societies; An interesting quote i saved was "the great tartar general Tamerlane, by which name Jenghis Khan is also known" Not sure if theyre the same person but that was very notable.
Just reading folklores to define a great man with little context. Such broad strokes for all the years of Genghis's life. Why not zoom in on his formative years and steppe tribal culture and expand ans build from there? Lacks depth beyond factoids and feels rushed. You also stated Genghis father died when he was 12. Then when the family was destitute he killed his brother at the age of 10. You can and have done better.
I feel like Muhammad can also be comparable as well as Jesus the amount of territories concurred during the many caliphate can be used as proof of the spread of influence from the religion similar to that of Christianity with the amount of Christian nations and influence of said nations and the lands they concurred
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What happened to the original title "The Orphan Who Conquered the World"? I'm positive that was the title I saw earlier today.
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Insanely cringe merch my man
@@aaron6806 channels like him usually switch between titles a couple times right after upload to see which gets the most clicks
Colonization and genocide is ok, when you're not European male?
Finally a video with actual horses.
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@@Tristan.Misten Right place at the right time.
Made by my favorite youtube essayist: Eagles.
He did warn us
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he captured our , mongolians relations with horses perfectly
I love your pronunciation, as someone that speaks mongolian yours was the closest ive heard from a non native speaker
2 seconds in I realize I’ve mispronounced for my whole life. Appreciate that tidbit at the very least aha
Meh
I thought it was pronounced more like "Chinghiz"
jengas hon
Fantastic job
Genghis Khan was _never_ a peasant. He was merely a dispossessed nobleman. This is a fundamental distinction. (He was the son of a clan chief, chased out of power by other rival aristocrats)
This may be hard for people to grasp in the modern world where true metaphysical class distinctions have almost ceased to exist and people conceive of wealth as the only marker of distinction, but this is a relatively recent phenomenon. Temüjin always would have understood himself as a member of the elite, even if he was dressed in rags and had not a coin to his name. It was not wealth that made one a peasant or an aristocrat but the blood in their veins.
Correct. The prevailing creation myth in East Asia was nobles were made out of yellow clay by the hand of the creator goddess, while commoners were created by dragging a rope through mud.
They weren't even considered the same species, much less social standing.
Signal boosting this!
@@Kburn1985 Creator goddess? Weren't mongols at the time adgerents to Tengrism?
Brilliantly written. This whole video essay is useless if the maker doesn’t understand this or chooses to change this intentionally in order for the story to fit his modern world view.
Exactly and it was true of almost every society like india, greece etc
I have been obsessed with Genghis khan since I was like 6 so you don't even know how happy I am that my favorite creator made a video about him
same bro 😭
There's no one quite like him. I'm obsessed too!
Same
I’ve also been fascinated with him and the Mongols since about 6 too! I get so hype every time a trusted creator makes any video concerning such
Same lmao
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0:44 horses are horsin around in a horses video.
What a wonderful world we're living in!
Finally brothers! FINALLY!!! Horses stopped horsing around and beating around the bushes and dedicated a video to horses. Horses beyond the Horizon. THE HORSES ARE COMING
The dog days are over, the dog days are done.
Ive been watching your videos for over a year now and am so happy to see you cover one of the most interesting people in history. Keep up the great work.
I’ve read 2 books about Genghis Khan. Know entirely too much about his life. And I am still going to watch this video and learn something new. Thank you for your videos sir
You’re such kind-hearted and humble person. Lovely Mizew🎉
i wish every topic ever was narrated and produced by horses
Half of the editing is just putting text on screen. Emplemon or Ahoy would be much better choices.
@@FringeSpectre NARRATED, not edited
He’s working his way through every single topic in existence
give it some time
it would literally be unintelligible, horses would stomp on the computer unable to make anything but a mess. I think they're not great producers
So many comments about horses rather than the actual topic of the video. The video is amazing
0:10 is when I realized I literally mispronounced his name for the entirety of my life
Now I'm curious... What have you been saying???
Genghis Khan
Pronounced how it looks lol
@@WormBurgerA lot of people say “gain-gis con”
@@WormBurgerby the sounds of the letters, dickhead
Real ones call him Temüjin
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00:50 Muhammad is a much, much better analogue for Genghis Khan than Jesus. Jesus neither led armies nor built empires, nor did he unify disparate tribes in his homeland into a single polity. He did not personally spread a new civilization across diverse countries or establish dynasties from his followers that would rule successor empires for centuries. However, all of these accomplishments apply equally to both Muhammad and Genghis Khan.
It's debatable whether Jesus or Muhammad was more globally influential overall. I’m undecided on that particular debate. However, historically speaking, Jesus was primarily a preacher. While his indirect influence was undoubtedly immense, Christianity was shaped more by the writers of the Gospels, refined by Paul into a distinct faith, and ultimately spread by the Romans within an existing empire. Islamic civilization, on the other hand, was more directly shaped by Muhammad, who most probably did all the religious preaching, holy book writing and early empire building himself.
I don't expect to get many likes for this because it's undercuts religious narratives for both Islam and Christianity. But I feel it needed to be said for the sake of historicity. I'd say that both Jesus and Muhammad are leagues ahead of Genghis Khan in terms of influence in any case.
at least 1% of modern goats are descendants of Muhammad , thats how much of an impact his conquests had
I had the exact same criticism as I was watching this video. Napoleon would have likely agreed with this kind of reasoning as well:
‘Muhammad was a great man, an intrepid soldier; with a handful of men he triumphed at the battle of Bender (sic); a great captain, eloquent, a great man of state, he revived his fatherland and created a new people and a new power in the middle of Arabia.’
statically, muhammad is the most influential person who ever lived as islam was the worlds most widely practiced religion
@@crazyzebra6369nowadays Christianity is the world's biggest religion by head count, and I'd argue the effects of European and western colonialism are intrinsically tied to it's Christian faith.
But both are certainly massive.
Jesus and Muhammad were spiritual leaders, hence their influence goes far deeper than most conquerors.
I'd say Muhammad is like a combination of both Jesus and temujin, an empire builder and preacher.
Both had affected the world at a far earlier stage than Khan, so obviously their influence would be wide reaching, but I'd argue that since their effect was mostly spiritual, their impact on the culture is incredibly visible, whereas a conqueror like Alexander or Caesar mostly had an impact on the political landscape.
Genghis Khan had the greatest impact of any conqueror in history, and had a sizeable cultural, technological and societal impact as well, but these are not as visible as the legacies of Muhammad and Jesus.
Both you and the Fall of Civilizations posting a video about the Mongols on the same day is one of the best things that has happened to me all year.
What are the odds? lol
It's unkhanny
I know eh! I'm just glad that we still have brilliant people on UA-cam making stuff like this.
Oh, I can't tell you how badly I needed a Horses upload right this minute. Not only the best content on youtube, you just can't beat the prescient delivery.
If Genghis Kahn had permanently conquered the entire world then I might be teaching Mongolian poetry, a job which would have its PROSE and KHANS. 😜
Nice! 🎉
How long were you waiting to say that? 😁
This joke, man I just khan't.
@@YarPirates-vy7iv Thanks 👍
@@StationroadRatrods This joke was in my freezer for a couple of months. I had to rapidly thaw the joke before use. 😜
I'm so confused by why his video continually referred to Temujin as being "born a peasant" when he was born the son of a major Mongol chief. Like, yeah his father died and he lost everything, but that was decidedly after he was born.
being made to have a cushy childhood then in your teens being forced to let that all go i would argue is harder because he would have to flip his mental along with being short resources
I was reading "Genghis Khan" by Jack Weatherford for class (it's not a great book tbh he makes some big leaps) and one of the things I thought was interesting was when Genghis Khan died and was brought back to Mongolia to be buried Jack deliberately mentions how in the span of a generation the Mongol people went from using iron as an uncommon material to cutting the meat for their meals with Damascus steel knives. So yeah Temujin was literally born a noble effectively but the mongol tribes were not particularly rich and its even suggested that they were played off of each other to keep them poor.
@@chuy36420We are not arguing what was "harder". We are arguing for accuracy..
@@SizzleCorndog nobility has nothing to do with wealth
@ bro who do you think collects the taxes? Also that’s the point I’m making by saying Mongolia was poor at the time. I think what OP was getting at is it’s wrong to call Temujin a peasant because that’s a distinct social class that he just wasn’t in, and it would be more accurate to say he started his conquest with very little.
as a Mongolian i am literally flabergasted how this video is really good
bro i think its kinda incorrect on some of the aspect.
Stop humiliating yourself and your fellow momgolians. Just see the title he never was a peasant.
@@cosmoskid4613 yes he was not peasant but he had peasant when he was childhood and barely serving it still impressive there is lots of nobles just like temujin but he was fighted for it not even noble Mongolia united whole nation and dominated whole world
@@sekmyt5000 no some of Mongolia history was always false those false information always comes from those people who didn't even visited the Mongolia. There is book called secret history of Mongolia that all of them translated to English
@@cosmoskid4613 he aint a king from birth. i know he got some royal blood in him but he spend his childhood in poverty dawg. i understand you that you dont wanna "see" khan as some peasant but still you should stick to the truth.
42:43 - Temujin's sons? Ogedei was the greatest of great Khans, perhaps only his father excepted; he captured more territory than his dad and commissioned public works, far exceeding his dad. Projects include the construction of roads, bridges, and infrastructure improvements, enhancing trade and communication across the Mongol Empire; emphasising state-building and administrative development. Unfortunately, the civil war that came after his death, pretty much began the end of the empire.
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I love the pronunciation, in Turkey we still use the name Cengiz today and we use han as a suffix as well, think of names such as Velihan, Tunahan, Ayhan, etc. I'm ready to enjoy this video!
I have a condition where some days l feel numb, my whole body chills and won’t accept warmth, i feel a “buzzing” coming from the back of my skull, and my only determination is to rot in place and think negatively of myself, others, and the world. When l have to move, l feel as though l’m watching myself go through life rather than experiencing it. It always passes and l’m stronger for it, but l go to dark places. But for some odd reason, the last two times l’ve felt my black dog return, l’ve found myself watching your videos. And l find something deeply soothing in your work. Maybe it’s your calm narration, my genuine admiration for the dedication you have to put out good, informative, and thought-provoking content, or the often dark-yet unmistakably human subject matter of said content. Maybe l learn that my situation isn’t so bad, l find solidarity with those in the darkness and look to those historical figures who rose out of it or made something beautiful and lasting from it, or that l discover my thoughts and feelings aren’t bad, only a human reaction to a chaotic world. Whatever it is, l digress. l’m seriously a massive fan and l hope you keep doing what drives you.
Fall of Civilizations just dropped a 6 hr podcast on the Mongols too, what a day to dig history!
@someoneelse293 yes, let me fix it. Thank you!
Yep, been listening to it
i just found your channel like 5 minutes ago and was watching one of your video, what a coincidence
i'm really glad i did
I don't know if you're a single person or a team of people, but either way, this is incredible. Hope you know that the labour you're doing cannot be understated. You're changing the world for good. This kind of content available for literally EVEREYONE is like a granite block in a huge wonderful temple. Hats off
I believe the term is a "Herd."
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Horses is the only youtuber I emmediately click on as soon as he uploads. I love your work.
I just finished rereading Genghis Khan and the making of the modern world!! Love your videos, you're probably my favorite creator
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This guy and Muhammed have the single most important legacies in the history of Asia. Both started small and scraped and clawed to gather a fierce and fanatic following that outlived them. Ghengis was more successful in the short term than any other conqueror ever, but Muhammed started a sociological trend that displaced what remained of the Phoenician, Roman, Greek, and Persian cultural hegemonies.
Jesus even though he was born in the east legacy is so prevalent throughout the west a whole continent is predominantly following his religion
Mao is the most recent one. Hate him or love him what he was able to accomplish militarily is Khan levels of strategic genius.
DID THEY BOTH SLEEP WITH 8 YEAR OLDS ?
Islam is a warrior religion
To this day 1 in 200 goats is direct descendant from Muhhamad
The only reason I can figure for their attempted invasion of Japan was because of reports of lots of gold, so the reasons for expansion weren't always just to control trade, but simple pillaging.
seemed like a chill dude
Your videos keep getting better and better
“There’s a horse inside all of us” now I see where you got your name from. And you chose to put it in the video that finally shows horses 😂🙏
Fantastic video on one of my favourite icons of humanity. Thanx for this!
I couldn't dare to hope to have you, my favorite creator, telling this storyxy favorite story, in the beautiful way you tell it.. Not even in my wildest of dreams 😅❤
No shot I’ve been obsessed with the mongol empire for a week now, and now my favorite channel uploads a full 43 minute video. Heaven
Fall of civilizations also released a 6 hour video the same time this one went up
@ Thanks! Now I know what to listen to for the next 6 hours
At 07:25 you mentioned the mongolian spiritual belief of an internal spiritual animal (a horse in most cases) needing to be conquered to live a prosperous life. I don't know how true his potential death cause being falling from a horse is, but if so, it is unbelievably poetic, especially considering how he was considered a lucky man.
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3:49 didn't you say he lost his father at 12?
According to Britannica, his father was poisoned when he was 9. This would make him kill his brother the following year or so. I dont know where he got 12 from.
This is good to know I came here to make some huge long rants about this and I’m glad you guys have it figured out. Because I thought I was going crazy. I’m like that math doesn’t math right to me.
He probably misspoke.
This is has been a great side quest in my recent Greek deep dive, thank you!
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This guy has the best thumbnails I've ever seen.
The fact that the Mongols hunters, and their hunting required horseback riding combined with archery gave the Mongol's a BIG advantage over everyone else because much of the world had transitioned to farming, and farming has no skills which are useful militarily. The Mongol's way of life had basically trained them for warfare. Archers on horseback have always been a huge problem for militaries in history. They can attack from a distance, and they can arrive and leave quickly. If you're just some guy with a sword and shield, you're screwed because you'll be shot with arrows before you can close enough to attack. And if you did manage to run up to the horse and rider, he can just ride away and shoot arrows from a safe distance.
and the invention of the gun made them obsolete again in the blink of an eye
Awesome video! You should make one about Beethoven, as he was depressed, alcoholic, and deaf, yet still persevered to change how we hear music! He’s a very interesting character
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What an immersive documentary!
Thank you so much for all the work you do!
I love this guy's work. It's truly unique and always enriching. I'm an Irish storyteller by blood. I suspect we share commonality in this but, his talents far exceed most others.
YOU WAS BORN A STORYTELLER?
My eternal beef with youtube for not recommending me your videos continues
The fact that you made a video about this and the fall of civilization podcast also just released a video about the mongols at the exact same time is insane, time to learn about mongols 🐴
Thanks!
Wow, Genghis Khan is just like me!
I hate how I’ve watched all of your past videos, but didn’t get this in my recommended feed until now. Keep up the great work.
It only been out 4 days
@ It should have been fed to me immediately since my interaction with this channel is so high and consistent. As if it were, it’d be analogous to my situation with other channels. You’d be mad too if you scroll through so much BS on your phone’s recommended to not even get a video like this. 😂
Father died at 12, killed brother at 10 after father died.
His father died when he was 9
HIS FATHER WAS 12 😂
Wildddddd 😂
Temujin was 9 when his father died. this guy get his sources from ChatGPT or what
The video is lacking😂😂😂
If the Mongols never broke apart and made it into the 1500s they would’ve owned the world centuries ago
Fall of Civilization just put out an episode on the Mongol Empire the same time this came out. Delicious day to be on UA-cam
This channel might just be the best on UA-cam
Title: "Orphan"
O'elun, Temujin's mother who arranged his marriage to Borte and was still alive when he took the the title of "Chinggis Khan" at around age 30-40: STOP TELLING EVERYONE I'M DEAD
glad to see u on my yt horses, making my week by posting thanks
Learning about Genghis Khan is like. Whiplash. He loved his wife. He was genocidal in war. He would honor surrenders. He was paranoid. True range
Why do we just skip how he gathered so many men to follow him into battle? A poor boy with nothing but his family somehow gathering so many soldiers is just…said. With no explanation
This was amazing work. And Fall of Civilizations just dropped the Mongols too!
Once again an incredible experience. Its a good day no matter what when you get a horses video essay
Ah yes. A human sacrifice for when a peasant is born... he was NEVER a peasant
Was higher up when born, cast out a beggar when father was killed, and came back to power over the years. Its not that hard dude....
@@Crimsonshiv277 Internet pedant, everyone understand what the video said but they want recognition for being intentionally stupid and purposefully misunderstood the point
@@Crimsonshiv277 a poor noble is still a noble. You are not understanting the man in context
@@j.2512why u saying that like him having the title noble gives him extra boost like a video game
@@j.2512 this is either ragebait or simply the musings of someone who has not studied history at all let alone central asian history. He was quite literally a starving castaway from mongol Society.....
Really great documentary mate. I can tell so much thought and effort went into it!
So wait, in five seconds of video, he goes from finding his penniless family, to local warlord? ...how did that happen, again?
This wasn’t mentioned in the video, but he made many friends and allies on his growth to adolescence. Many of whom were skilled warriors or noblemen, and they were crucial in propping him up as a leader until he became a small warlord. Even a rival warlord he had to kill in his later years was actually one of his old best friends who helped him retrieve his wife.
Using the dead bodies of your enemy as a bridge into a castle is pretty much the gnarliest war move not gonna lie.
0:10 The Khan's birth was never celebrated with a human sacrifice? I'm so confused where did this come from?
Fr or are u trolling lmao istg if horses is bullshitting me I need 2 get tf off UA-cam
Fan-freaking-tastic! Ty @Horses
he was not born a peasant. the borjigin clan was very rich and influential
Bro casually just made the hardest merch drop on all of youtube and then made a masterpiece of a video essay after
0:34 does anyone know what this font is called? please lmk
Gothic script.
@@bjarkiengelsson Thank you!
@@bjarkiengelssonyeah, but which one, there are thousands of variations😅.
Old English
ohio sigma mewing font
If Michael was my history teacher i would probably be a history teacher by now, this is probably my favorite video of your as of now.
I’m sure it’s just because it gets more views but why are saying he was born a peasant when he was born to a chieftain? Just sets a bad taste about integrity for future statements.
Every one of these videos I get fired up to be like these guys but by the end I’m just happy with who I am, thank you
7:26 Hell yeah I love Horses
Hell yeah
“Jingus Han” is definitely The Man of the Year in his time
31:03 I'm Polish and tbh I don't remember hearing anything about Poland being ruled by the mongols in school
Wikipedia:
1240-1241 - Mongol victory over Poland.
There were also later, larger Mongol invasions of Poland (1259-1260 and 1287-1288)
@@orterves but they didn't occupy, "Berke (grandson of Genghis Khan) had no intention of occupying or conquering Poland", this can be found in the "First Mongol invasion of Poland" wikipedia page in the "Later Mongol invasions" section, and I didn't find anything about them occupying Polish land in the page, only a mention about them setting up a camp in the "Mongol invasion of Europe" page in the "Invasion of Poland" section
TOO BUSY LEARNING ABOUT THEM OTHER INVADERS
AKA RUSSIA AND GERMANY
@@bobua2137 oh right. Well, the video doesn't say occupied, just reached and vanquished
hey, small discrepancy i happened to notice, at 2:54, you mention the exile happened during Temujin's 12th birthday and then at 3:49, you said that temujin shot his older brother when he was only 10. needless to say, wonderful narration and amazing video essay!
Did not have a reputation for his cruelty? Don't see how that's true. At least for us persians (Iran,Tajikistan Afghanistan) he is known as for his cruelty and bloodthirst for killings and destruction
Christmas came early! Great vid as always
You realize you're related to a famous person: 😮
It's just Genghis Khan: 😒
this is the best channel on youtube that i know of
You should totally do a video on Vlad the Impaler (Dracula) next
HE HAS ALREADY MATE
@ he hasn’t tho
So happy to see when horses post! Make my day better ❤🎠
Being a bit of a contrarian, I've always been more interested in Timur, or Tamerlane, as he was called in Europe. The most successful successor of the Khan, his beginnings were just as small and meager as the Khan's, but his empire became just as notorious, if not as massive, as Genghis's. I'm not trying to top you, this video was great, thank you.
Also, an interesting factoid is that factoid means something people think is a fact but is, in fact, not true. The word factlet actually means a little known fact, and an interesting factlet is that most people think factoid means factlet, which makes this, to most people, a factoid, and they'd be wrong. Good night, everybody.
"Also, an interesting factoid is that factoid means something people think is a fact but is, in fact, not true."
Calling this "an interesting factoid", thus making the given definition untrue?
I can see why you have 1 subscriber. You're insufferable
I was just trying to discern if this was a grammatical error, or a hiddle ridden
biggest empire but left virtually zero legacy, didn't invent anything, didn't advance culture but regressed it, every culture they conquered was millenia ahead of them. The mongols only knew how to kill and little else.
I found in a late 1800s newspaper an article on secret societies; An interesting quote i saved was "the great tartar general Tamerlane, by which name Jenghis Khan is also known"
Not sure if theyre the same person but that was very notable.
not only do this video contains a bunch of horses, it also got a lot of hawks too, I can't believe it
Stop right there
Say that again
what did u jus say
The video we've all been waiting for - HORSES ft horses
Just reading folklores to define a great man with little context. Such broad strokes for all the years of Genghis's life. Why not zoom in on his formative years and steppe tribal culture and expand ans build from there?
Lacks depth beyond factoids and feels rushed. You also stated Genghis father died when he was 12. Then when the family was destitute he killed his brother at the age of 10. You can and have done better.
Your audience seems pleased though.
Yeah definitely, not his best stuff just a wiki read with some secret history of mongols legends thrown in too
j finished, absolutely banger videio mr hosrses i love you sm genghis khna sm than i thought
I feel like Muhammad can also be comparable as well as Jesus the amount of territories concurred during the many caliphate can be used as proof of the spread of influence from the religion similar to that of Christianity with the amount of Christian nations and influence of said nations and the lands they concurred
A brilliant exhibition of a Man left to silent knowledge.
A genuinely refreshed history abides herein.
Well done.
:Timaeus BotRo
Up Next: Tarantino's Foot Fetish
Finally a good video essay about Genghis Khan
It can't be a coincidence that he posts this right after Batzorig Vaanchig sang in France...