Kublai Khan: China’s Mongol Emperor

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  • Опубліковано 22 гру 2024

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  • @Biographics
    @Biographics  4 роки тому +106

    Enjoy my educational content? Well, why not check out my new channel Megaprojects: ua-cam.com/channels/0woBco6Dgcxt0h8SwyyOmw.html

    • @JC-ii6gh
      @JC-ii6gh 4 роки тому +8

      Ok, You have so many channels. And I have subscribe to them all so with that being said. I am truly enjoying all your content.👍😀

    • @tjoyce1971
      @tjoyce1971 4 роки тому +2

      You're awesome, soon UA-cam will be all Simon all the time. Then world domination!!!

    • @aldoushuxley5953
      @aldoushuxley5953 4 роки тому +1

      Alan Watts or Aldous Huxley would be great subjects for a biography

    • @dimitribagatelas1714
      @dimitribagatelas1714 4 роки тому

      I´m so hyped for this!

    • @OfficialJamion
      @OfficialJamion 4 роки тому +1

      I thought most modern scholars agreed that Marco Polo either didn't exist or if he did he was only there briefly and based most of his fictionalized book on hearsay rather than fact.

  • @Jackdoud99
    @Jackdoud99 4 роки тому +738

    Fighting the Knights of Europe, The Mamluks of Egypt, the Samurai of Japan and the Warriors of Java all in one lifetime is utterly nuts.

    • @turtleh
      @turtleh 3 роки тому +81

      Playing IRL age of empires.

    • @AeneasGemini
      @AeneasGemini 3 роки тому +14

      I don't believe Kublai's own forces ever fought Europeans? That was Subutai and co

    • @loangeless
      @loangeless 3 роки тому +38

      if he was here today genghis khan and khublai khan would have definitely said "GG SKRUBZ EZZZZ NOOBS" while theres nbayoungboy playing in the background

    • @hi-am-pat2k176
      @hi-am-pat2k176 3 роки тому +3

      Now imagine fighting the maharlika of the philipines

    • @Fruitbydafooty
      @Fruitbydafooty 2 роки тому +10

      JIN SAKAI HAS ENTERED THE CHAT

  • @rc59191
    @rc59191 4 роки тому +738

    Marco Polo needs a season 3

    • @samizayn7737
      @samizayn7737 4 роки тому +10

      Yeahhhhhhhhh

    • @roach643
      @roach643 4 роки тому +44

      *I mean honestly... what was that cliffhanger of a ending 😭😭*

    • @rc59191
      @rc59191 4 роки тому +26

      @@roach643 not a fan of adding templars but still love the show and characters.

    • @Insectoid_
      @Insectoid_ 4 роки тому +3

      Absolutely

    • @S1N999
      @S1N999 4 роки тому +7

      Great show

  • @rayburnsonier3458
    @rayburnsonier3458 4 роки тому +222

    I just imagine Kublai Khan sitting in a field, fascinated by the intricacies of a flower while his brothers horse-played. I believe this man just wanted to create something beautiful in the world.

    • @FlyingUnosaur
      @FlyingUnosaur 3 роки тому

      So did his brothers.

    • @sampuatisamuel9785
      @sampuatisamuel9785 3 роки тому +10

      Doubt it, Kublai Khan learnt all the skills needed to conquer people

    • @rayburnsonier3458
      @rayburnsonier3458 3 роки тому +1

      @@sampuatisamuel9785 how so

    • @nirbangogoi34
      @nirbangogoi34 3 роки тому +3

      I believes it too.. I thik this man is genius

    • @sampuatisamuel9785
      @sampuatisamuel9785 2 роки тому +11

      @@rayburnsonier3458 Kublai Khan was well rounded had warrior skills as well as learning all the cultural and courtly skills.

  • @darrensmall6570
    @darrensmall6570 4 роки тому +244

    Im sorry but we need a biographics on Subodai. Commoner by birth he defeated more armies and conquered more territory in history. Conquered Russia in winter. Father of command and control

    • @nyagii111
      @nyagii111 4 роки тому +12

      subedei was a legend of a general

    • @jbird976
      @jbird976 4 роки тому +3

      Agreed!

    • @darrensmall6570
      @darrensmall6570 4 роки тому +20

      They preferred attacking in winter as their horses were suited to it and new enemies would not be expecting them

    • @QT5656
      @QT5656 4 роки тому +1

      It exists 😎

    • @ertontschoros1987
      @ertontschoros1987 4 роки тому +7

      No such thing as today's Russian exist during Subotai's time, but Mongol's indeed helped Moscow to raise into power and eventually became Russian today. You can say with Mongol blood, Russian will not be conquered by outsider during winter.

  • @alexandriacollins7119
    @alexandriacollins7119 4 роки тому +189

    "Drank like a fish, ate like a pig, and screwed like a rabbit", not much different from Henry VIII, then.

    • @MasterMalrubius
      @MasterMalrubius 4 роки тому +15

      They don't say "It's good to be the king" for nothing. Or, err emperor.

    • @mrwhite1073
      @mrwhite1073 4 роки тому +9

      Sound's like fun

    • @errorsinconduct
      @errorsinconduct 4 роки тому +6

      But surprisingly less wifekilling?

    • @fredbarker9201
      @fredbarker9201 4 роки тому

      @Donny S.W Plays it wasn’t a successful invasio

    • @Nemoticon
      @Nemoticon 3 роки тому +6

      Except for the fact that he took the world's largest known empire and then doubled it. Henry VIII just killed his wives and broken away from European Catholicism

  • @kokorolex
    @kokorolex 4 роки тому +342

    From good guy to sad panda. It's like the Elvis of Mongol Emperors

  • @anissaantaniahanjani4812
    @anissaantaniahanjani4812 2 роки тому +42

    Hi, Simon. For Kubilai's conquest of Java, I don't think mysterious disease was the main reason of his failure. The main reason was he didn't understand Java's political dynamic.
    At that time when he sent his first ambassador there, Java was led by Kertanegara from Singhasari. This king was the one who cut the ambassador's ears. When Kubilai was furious and decided to send army there, Kertanegara was already killed by Jayakatwang. Obviously, it led to a huge confussion in Kubilai's army, since...well, the Java king was no more and there was a whole new situation.
    This situation was used by Raden Vijaya, Kertanegara's son-in-law, to ask help from Kubilai's army and promise that he would be a submissive to the Mongol. Thus, his and Kubilai's army attack Jayakatwang. When the coast was cleared, Raden Vijaya attacked Kubilai's army and forced them to retreat. They finally decided to return to China.

  • @charliechen2045
    @charliechen2045 4 роки тому +112

    Kublai: What do you want most now?
    Marco Polo: Season 3, please.

  • @misterinternational1739
    @misterinternational1739 4 роки тому +179

    I really appreciate your detailed research and historical analogies. One of the best YT channels

    • @alexanderbemis9065
      @alexanderbemis9065 4 роки тому +2

      ever.
      I noticed you didn’t finish your sentence, I got you bro

    • @karthykrajan6329
      @karthykrajan6329 4 роки тому

      What is YT? Oh, YT channel ever?

    • @Wanker527
      @Wanker527 4 роки тому

      Dan Carlin says hold my beer...

  • @chickendrawsdogs3343
    @chickendrawsdogs3343 4 роки тому +115

    Well, in Kublai's defense...his south-marching armies did have to contend with this fellow called Trần Hưng Đạo who was as hardcore as he was often-overlooked by international historians.

    • @hoatattis7283
      @hoatattis7283 4 роки тому +1

      Chicken Draws Dogs Oh yes he was one of the best and no-one knows him

    • @wenwentran9403
      @wenwentran9403 4 роки тому +4

      The Tran Dynasty in general were all metal af

    • @hoangvanoan845
      @hoangvanoan845 4 роки тому +3

      The International historians underrate the Prince of Hưng Đạo. However, we ourselves often overlook the great leadership of the two Emperors. While the Prince of Hưng Đạo was assigned command of the army, the two emperors were far more than figureheads. They organized the councils of Bình Than and Diên Hồng, they came to frontline to inspire and motivate soldiers at critical moment, they shared hardship with the army during the retreat, and they personally commanded an army in the final offensives. The battle in which Sogetu was killed was not commanded by the Prince of Hưng Đạo but by the two Emperors themselves. Also it was the two Emperors who gave important instructions to generals such as Trần Nhật Duật and Trần Khánh Dư during key battles such as Hàm Tử and Vân Đồn. Without the decisive victory at Vân Đồn, which was made possible by the Higher Emperor's firm dealing with Trần Khánh Dư, Bạch Đằng would be impossible.

    • @hoatattis7283
      @hoatattis7283 4 роки тому +2

      @@hoangvanoan845 Sorry history has not remembered them. Tran Hung Dao they do remember

    • @doanhoangvan5009
      @doanhoangvan5009 4 роки тому +1

      Hoa Tattis The Emperor Trần Nhân Tông is still well remembered in Buddhist circles. However, the Higher Emperor Trần Thánh Tông is relatively obscure although he was the dominant figure in the council of Diên Hồng and the naval battle of Vân Đồn.

  • @miguelmontenegro3520
    @miguelmontenegro3520 4 роки тому +382

    Kublai: *I SHALL CONQUER THE SEAS*
    Storms: I will end this man's whole carreer.

  • @Saztog1425
    @Saztog1425 3 роки тому +40

    Möngke: "You saved me... why?"
    Kublai: "Mmm... Möngke..."

    • @hache4329
      @hache4329 3 роки тому +3

      Kublai: You have shown me Möngke…

  • @A-small-amount-of-peas
    @A-small-amount-of-peas 2 роки тому +7

    Benedict Wong was a BEAST playing Kublai in "Marco Polo". His best performance

  • @MrTTuguldur
    @MrTTuguldur 4 роки тому +53

    I am a Mongolian and it is very accurate as well as detailed information. Thanks a lot

    • @DONSMOKEPAPI
      @DONSMOKEPAPI 4 роки тому +2

      @Mantorras Montquilla i hate mongorians

    • @DeadShot86486
      @DeadShot86486 11 місяців тому

      Most of us are little brother. U r just lucky u were born on the mainland

  • @r.speirs
    @r.speirs 4 роки тому +34

    Such an underrated channel. You bring history to life.

    • @MrsGlynn07
      @MrsGlynn07 4 роки тому +2

      1.11 million subscribers...

    • @r.speirs
      @r.speirs 4 роки тому +3

      Good to see you can read, Esther.

    • @MrsGlynn07
      @MrsGlynn07 4 роки тому

      Just curious what properly-rated looks like.

    • @r.speirs
      @r.speirs 4 роки тому +1

      I’m curious why you’re nitpicking a comment that falls into personal opinion. Who hurt you so bad, Esther?

    • @MrsGlynn07
      @MrsGlynn07 4 роки тому

      I've fallen for one of the classic blunders. The first is never engage in a land was in Asia. The second, and slightly less well known is this. Never ask a simple question in the UA-cam comments.

  • @raphaelperspective9393
    @raphaelperspective9393 4 роки тому +29

    Finally i’ve been waiting for this video for a long time! Thank you!

  • @Nine5Vader
    @Nine5Vader 4 роки тому +172

    Who's here after playing Ghost of Tsushima?

    • @ALTAI38
      @ALTAI38 4 роки тому +18

      Only weebs play that game and adore japanese. Real chads love mongols

    • @noname_noname_
      @noname_noname_ 4 роки тому +7

      @@ALTAI38 well i love both

    • @itrrii6582
      @itrrii6582 4 роки тому +7

      ALTAI TURK Genghis Kahn is too fat for his armor, legend says he crushed nearly 300 horses to death

    • @roflrex
      @roflrex 4 роки тому +4

      @@itrrii6582 They got their revenge in the end.

    • @ronaldkrump2272
      @ronaldkrump2272 4 роки тому

      Who isn't?

  • @jabbyb5647
    @jabbyb5647 4 роки тому +10

    Cool to see one of these videos come up within minutes of it being uploaded. I've been watching for months, great work and thank you for what you do!

  • @salahddinebensebane8429
    @salahddinebensebane8429 4 роки тому +154

    The world exists
    Ghenkis khan :hoppity hippity you are now my property

    • @eliasstraat
      @eliasstraat 4 роки тому +11

      haha why would you write the rhyme wrong, so annoying to read darnit

    • @mickey4125
      @mickey4125 4 роки тому

      @@eliasstraat yeah, everyone knows it's 'hoppity hippity you are now my priperty' haha

    • @ALTAI38
      @ALTAI38 4 роки тому +2

      @Donny S.W Plays bro going by that logic, poland ended the ottoman empire because it was already so weak and started falling off.

    • @shreihals9314
      @shreihals9314 4 роки тому

      @@mickey4125 .........................
      🤮🤮🤮🤮🤬🤬🤬🤬

  • @beandaddygi
    @beandaddygi 3 роки тому +12

    Genghis: *dies while taking over*
    Kublai: don't worry fam, I gotchu

  • @amandab3946
    @amandab3946 4 роки тому +71

    I was hoping for an “except for... wait for it.. THE MONGOLS!”
    *cue Mongoltage stampede clip from crashcourse*

    • @lLIBER4TORl
      @lLIBER4TORl 4 роки тому +2

      I miss those early Crash Course histories!

  • @paulsimmons5726
    @paulsimmons5726 4 роки тому +10

    Simon, I really appreciate your research and range of topics. This video was both informative and enjoyable. Thanks!

  • @thedungeondelver
    @thedungeondelver 4 роки тому +10

    Wow, Simon, this was really one of your better ones.

  • @cassandraralph5906
    @cassandraralph5906 4 роки тому +11

    Very interesting and educational video! And I thought I knew almost everything about history?! Obviously not! Well done again, Simon!

  • @BrainsApplied
    @BrainsApplied 4 роки тому +155

    *Oh, for once it's a leader who didn't kill all his citizens or something like that.* 😛

  • @grandadmiralzaarin4962
    @grandadmiralzaarin4962 4 роки тому +23

    Historians also believe he suffered from chronic depression and bouts of mood swings, especially in later life

    • @hirosejoy1177
      @hirosejoy1177 11 місяців тому +1

      Due to early death of his successor prince Chingim and his loved wife, man truly gone to depression at his later years

  • @rhythmandacoustics
    @rhythmandacoustics 4 роки тому +15

    When you hear the famous poem. Yeah "Samurai do you surrender!"

  • @b.griffin317
    @b.griffin317 4 роки тому +179

    Gotta ask: does Simon sleep these days with all his projects?

    • @TheEMoney365
      @TheEMoney365 4 роки тому +17

      This man isn't human

    • @derekashby8294
      @derekashby8294 4 роки тому +6

      @@TheEMoney365 Cyborg maybe?

    • @franksonm
      @franksonm 4 роки тому +5

      I wonder the same.

    • @D.Solward
      @D.Solward 4 роки тому +7

      It's gotta be clones.

    • @twischta
      @twischta 4 роки тому +12

      Why not? You do realize he is just reading scripts, right?

  • @alexanderveritas
    @alexanderveritas 4 роки тому +28

    Kublai Khan quite literally _improvised, adapted and overcame_ centuries before Bear Grylls turned it into a quote.

  • @purplecat4977
    @purplecat4977 4 роки тому +10

    The Yuan dynasty is currently being covered on the History of China podcast. If you want a (much) longer and more in depth discussion on this topic, I recommend the series.
    I'd also like to recommend the Hu, a Mongolian folk metal band who are some of the best and most interesting musicians I've run across in years.

  • @keigan9006
    @keigan9006 4 роки тому +5

    I really enjoyed this video. I have to tell you that since finding your channel here on You Tube - it is about the only thing I watch. I am a huge history fan and, in fact have written three books about the place I live in - Minnesota. Two of them are historical and the third - informational. I so enjoy your videos and look forward to watching many more.

  • @Giorgi.Koberidze
    @Giorgi.Koberidze 4 роки тому +5

    Great video. Please make a video about Carl von Clausewitz
    .

  • @D.Solward
    @D.Solward 4 роки тому +19

    I want a Biographics on Simon and his many clones that help him run all these projects. Like, why do some have legs while others don't?

  • @daffyduck1486
    @daffyduck1486 2 роки тому +1

    This was a case where Simon's intonations greatly helped the story. Good job Simon.

  • @cory7328
    @cory7328 4 роки тому +3

    This is one of my favorite topics. The mongol's history and the Khans. Awesome video.

  • @jonathanhunter7670
    @jonathanhunter7670 4 роки тому +2

    One of the best episodes so far!! Awesome video guys!!!

  • @matthewfarina8587
    @matthewfarina8587 4 роки тому +2

    I want Simon saying ‘Black Forest Gataeu’ as my wake up alarm. Great videos Mr Whistler x

  • @tunguskalumberjack9987
    @tunguskalumberjack9987 4 роки тому +10

    I would be remiss if I did not mention the amazing song “Xanadu” by the band Rush, from the ‘70s. It’s still my favorite song of theirs, and borrows lyrics from S.T. Coleridge’s classic poem, which I coincidentally, just read two evenings ago🙂. Edit: I have to correct something that I wrote- I reread my comment and realized that it could be misconstrued- I meant to say that the song was from the 70s- not that the band was from the 70s. They are (were)- but also released excellent albums in the 80s, 90s, and on into the 2000s. They’re incredible, and sadly lost their genius lyricist and the best percussionist in modern music, Neil Peart, earlier this year. Anyway- just felt obligated to point that out- I have a ton of respect for these incredible artists (uh, if you couldn’t tell 😆). I’m happy that others were thinking of them too. Stay safe and healthy, everyone-

    • @flee4342
      @flee4342 4 роки тому +2

      I knew someone would bring this up.

    • @crazytrain7114
      @crazytrain7114 4 роки тому +1

      Started singing it as soon as this post came up! lol

    • @tunguskalumberjack9987
      @tunguskalumberjack9987 4 роки тому

      joe alcott right on, brother! I knew someone cool would!

    • @jimmybroccoli8048
      @jimmybroccoli8048 4 роки тому

      Walk the caves of ice
      To break my fast on honey dew and drink the milk of parrrraaaaadiseeee wwwooaah woah parrraadiseeee

  • @Godzilla52
    @Godzilla52 4 роки тому +7

    the moment when you realize young Kublai treated his early fiefdom like a teenager treats their room.

  • @HistoryandHeadlines
    @HistoryandHeadlines 4 роки тому +39

    Did you see the Marco Polo show on Netflix that deals a lot about this ruler?

    • @KingDanny9
      @KingDanny9 4 роки тому +2

      History, is the show good?

    • @sozibrahman8504
      @sozibrahman8504 4 роки тому +6

      @@KingDanny9 yes. I liked it. Actually the soundtrack used here too.🤣

    • @altamashkhateeb6824
      @altamashkhateeb6824 4 роки тому +3

      History and Headlines yes very nice show also 100 eyes is a good sidequel on Sifu on Netflix

    • @ALTAI38
      @ALTAI38 4 роки тому

      @@KingDanny9 it was very good. Tho it has some moments that never happened

    • @peter-8483
      @peter-8483 4 роки тому +1

      It's an amazing show, too bad netflix cancelled it

  • @rhov-anion
    @rhov-anion 4 роки тому +3

    No matter how much I studied history in university, every time I hear the word "Xanadu," I get that song from the 80s musical stuck in my head.

    • @DinsdalePiranha67
      @DinsdalePiranha67 4 роки тому +2

      So I guess you've never listened to the song of the same name that Rush released in 1977?

  • @mehdifattah708
    @mehdifattah708 3 дні тому

    It's december 2024! I'm so glad you actually made megaprojects!!!
    Thank you for all your amazing work!!
    I really enjoy your content ❤

  • @edgelord8337
    @edgelord8337 4 роки тому +63

    Genghis Khan exists
    China: *we should have one of those*

    • @mariano98ify
      @mariano98ify 4 роки тому +5

      edge lord, Justin, SomerandomMustacheGuy exists
      YT: we don't need more people to comment in any trending video that every famous UA-camr post.

    • @projectvaporz
      @projectvaporz 4 роки тому

      this meme is dead

    • @Tulsenus
      @Tulsenus 4 роки тому +1

      no , mongol ruled it , its technically still mongol empire

  • @General_X
    @General_X 3 роки тому +8

    This man is a living encyclopedia. He literally provides documentary in lieu of snoring while he sleeps.

    • @phil10p_
      @phil10p_ 2 роки тому +2

      Are you talking about Simon or Kublai Khan? :'D

    • @Nemoticon
      @Nemoticon Рік тому

      No doubt he's a smart dude... but he reads the script that is written for him by the researchers and producer of this UA-cam channel. Apart from being obvious, Simon has pointed this out before in a number of previous videos.

    • @General_X
      @General_X Рік тому

      @@Nemoticon I was speaking in jest with my comment, my friend, I'm aware 😉

  • @misterjohnlove
    @misterjohnlove 4 роки тому +2

    So glad Simon is finally doing a video on that good ole TEXAS HARDCORE

    • @turdsandwich7490
      @turdsandwich7490 4 роки тому

      I was looking for a comment referencing the band. I love you

  • @friskyfiona762
    @friskyfiona762 3 роки тому +3

    Came here to understand what peart, drummer of rush, meant by
    "To stand within The Pleasure Dome, Decreed by Kubla Khan" .. and this kind of explains it , definitely recommend listening to xanadu if you found this video interesting. Great vudeo and information 👍. You've helped to open a chapter I never knew existed, bless up🙏

  • @scotjock1
    @scotjock1 4 роки тому +6

    Great video as always, they get us through lock-down. Would love to see more feudal Kings, monarchs and roman emperors videos. Especially one on the Praetorian guard, that is an interesting topic. Keep up the great work mate.

  • @christopherflux6254
    @christopherflux6254 4 роки тому +38

    He’s the villain in the new Ghost Of Tsushima game.

    • @bennewman7555
      @bennewman7555 4 роки тому +26

      Thats his cousin *khotun

    • @bennewman7555
      @bennewman7555 4 роки тому +13

      Khotun is a stand-in though and isnt real

    • @eXoticXGAMINGCAST
      @eXoticXGAMINGCAST 4 роки тому +17

      Cousin to Kublai Khan and grandson to Genghis Khan

    • @immxrtxll
      @immxrtxll 4 роки тому +3

      Close but not quite

    • @OjiSensei
      @OjiSensei 4 роки тому +23

      Matty.HDzT.V it works out because genghis had so many children you can make endless villains lol.

  • @jaysonmcduck5476
    @jaysonmcduck5476 4 роки тому +1

    I stumbled on to this and couldn't subscribe fast enough. Thank you brilliant stuff

  • @Schneter
    @Schneter 4 роки тому +1

    Great Video! You guys could make a video about Sulla and Augustus, that would sure be interesting!

  • @runda21
    @runda21 4 роки тому +12

    Do myiamoto moshashi greatest swordsman ever please love your work

  • @Duececoupe
    @Duececoupe 4 роки тому +2

    I kinda feel that these great videos, are about....ooohh....I don't know, about an half hour short!
    Keep up the phenomenal work, you lot is what makes this lockdown (5th week) bearable!

  • @MrDsturman
    @MrDsturman 4 місяці тому

    You do a great job of telling the story without overloading with too many unfamiliar characters at once.
    Sometimes I feel like these history videos introduce SO many people at once, and when you don’t already know them it’s hard to keep track of all the names.

  • @ekmalsukarno2302
    @ekmalsukarno2302 4 роки тому +10

    Simon, can you please make a video about Zheng He, the famed 14th century Chinese admiral and explorer.

  • @matios83
    @matios83 4 роки тому +1

    Good vid as always team Simon!

  • @ignitionfrn2223
    @ignitionfrn2223 4 роки тому +2

    1:50 - Chapter 1 - The great khan
    5:15 - Chapter 2 - The age of expansion
    8:55 - Chapter 3 - In Xanadu..
    12:40 - Chapter 4 - The wrath of the khan
    16:10 - Chapter 5 - A traveler from an antique land
    19:40 - Chapter 6 - The other great khan

  • @aurelian3268
    @aurelian3268 4 роки тому +15

    just realized you guys dont have a video on Kemal Ataturk

    • @annescholey6546
      @annescholey6546 4 роки тому +1

      The man who made modern Turkey

    • @deusexaethera
      @deusexaethera 4 роки тому +2

      Kraut does. Watch his video. It covers everything from ancient Hittites up through Ataturk.

    • @aurelian3268
      @aurelian3268 4 роки тому

      @@deusexaethera I did. wanted a more detailed information on his personal life. no channel can beat Biographics when it comes to the level of detail on a certain someone. at least in my opinion

  • @hansmerker5611
    @hansmerker5611 2 роки тому +2

    There comes a time when the jewels cease to sparkle, when the gold loses its luster, when the throne room becomes a prison, and all that is left is a fathers love for his child.

  • @danielwilkins2813
    @danielwilkins2813 4 роки тому +2

    Keep it up man perfect channel for history nuts like myself 👌

  • @Tulsenus
    @Tulsenus 4 роки тому +3

    8:35 did you just call him monkey ?
    LMAO IM DYING

  • @whitneymacdonald4396
    @whitneymacdonald4396 3 роки тому

    Well done. I enjoy the deeper dives.

  • @frankpolicicchio9888
    @frankpolicicchio9888 4 роки тому +1

    I'm sure your yt videos are my most watched . They are interesting informative and entertaining! ! Thank you for educating and entertaining me!!

  • @sillybilly666
    @sillybilly666 4 роки тому +5

    Simon is looking to become the emperor of informative UA-cam channels; you have my support sir.

  • @natalia.marina
    @natalia.marina 9 місяців тому

    Gewisse Sachen nerven mich in solchen typish amerikanischen Berichten, aber:
    Ich habe alle Angaben mit genauen Datierungen gerade bei Ihnen gefunden, endlich lang gesuchte Verbindung zwischen Kublai Khan, Yuan Dynastie und Beijing als Hauptstadt von China. Kurz, sachlich, deutlich. Vielen Dank aus Österreich.

  • @bobbrown7511
    @bobbrown7511 4 роки тому

    Better and better! Thank you very much.

  • @BruceVial
    @BruceVial 4 роки тому +1

    Thank you for the information, I knew a lot there but there was 4 things I never heard. Cheers for the education mate.
    Keep it up.

  • @gregchambers6100
    @gregchambers6100 4 роки тому +1

    Excellent analysis.

  • @CptMoroni35
    @CptMoroni35 4 роки тому

    Love your Megaprojects channel, Simon. Great stuff! 👍🏻

  • @scottibee2167
    @scottibee2167 4 роки тому +2

    Simon has got to be the busiest man on UA-cam. It seems like every video, he's talking about a new channel he has.

  • @joephillips4338
    @joephillips4338 4 роки тому +2

    I love the old world content the most

  • @solomonkain
    @solomonkain 4 роки тому +2

    Conn Iggulden's 'Conqueror' series is highly recommended.

  • @DR-bp1yu
    @DR-bp1yu 2 роки тому

    These videos are excellent. 5hank you so much. Please do more

  • @matios83
    @matios83 4 роки тому

    My God, Simon what another hit piece. Good job man.

  • @RamonGeorgeAtentoPhD
    @RamonGeorgeAtentoPhD 4 роки тому +3

    History should be taught like this. Schools wasted my time. Or I wasted time. But 20-25 minutes with you and I understood the world. Everything seems to make sense. Even Xanadu, a song which I hated during my childhood now makes sense lol :)

  • @multiyapples
    @multiyapples 2 роки тому

    Incredibly interesting Simon.

  • @balancedactguy
    @balancedactguy 4 роки тому

    Nice video Simon!!

  • @first-last
    @first-last 3 роки тому

    5:50 That quote was from Yelü Chucai, an ethnic Khitan Confucian scholar in the Yuan administration, not Ogedei.

  • @Fatherwader
    @Fatherwader 3 роки тому +1

    Sir, I really do enjoy this channel, definitely the place to be if you love history. thank you

  • @random-J
    @random-J 4 роки тому +5

    Just after watching Marco polo on Netflix, it's really good we should petition Netflix to make more seasons of it.

    • @slobdog7394
      @slobdog7394 4 роки тому +1

      Was a great series but I’m thinking there going to struggle getting the same director

  • @khrashingphantom9632
    @khrashingphantom9632 4 роки тому +2

    I really enjoyed Benedict Wong's portayl of Kublai Khan in Marco Polo. I really wished it would have gotten a proper ending.

  • @billt9456
    @billt9456 4 роки тому +3

    Do you actually espouse that asymmetrical mustache, or did you misplace the little comb prior to going on camera?

    • @eliasstraat
      @eliasstraat 4 роки тому

      I got so distracted throughout the video because of that! D:

  • @sinjun1973
    @sinjun1973 4 роки тому +2

    In Xanadu did Kublia Kahn a stately pleasure dome decree.
    Where off a sacred river ran through caverns measureless demand down to the summers sea.
    One of many lost cities.

  • @madalee_com
    @madalee_com 4 роки тому +1

    Your link to the, I assume, Geographics channel is pointing to your UA-cam studio url, instead of the public channel url

  • @Nuck-Fo0bZz
    @Nuck-Fo0bZz 4 роки тому +1

    It's nice to hear about Kublai for once instead of Ghenghis. Also, if anyone reading this doesn't know what Mongolian throat singing is, UA-cam it now. For some reason though, I doubt many of this channels subs aren't already aware.

  • @exl2964
    @exl2964 3 роки тому

    a new channel? you are insane, but thank you very very much

  • @Prubkoopa
    @Prubkoopa 4 роки тому +2

    The guy in the thumbnail looks such like a chill guy

  • @gizzymeows5847
    @gizzymeows5847 4 роки тому +1

    Once again great nourishment for the brain. The task of conquering, sustaining and then expansion along with good offense, defense, plus delegation. It's hard enough ruling over one's own thoughts. The ambition for some to desire and acquire it on that extreme is amazingly beyond my scope of comprehension. However thank you for awesome narration of another interesting time. Keep the blue poppin and stay safe. 🤗💯💙

  • @hoihoi4453
    @hoihoi4453 4 роки тому

    Love it, great video

  • @pandy2689
    @pandy2689 4 роки тому

    Been waiting ages for this one

  • @CheBellaTelevisione
    @CheBellaTelevisione 3 роки тому

    Great video but one small nitpick: Song Dynasty establishes issuing of paper money but yuan dynasty preserved and expanded the system

  • @LtColShingSides
    @LtColShingSides 4 роки тому +2

    There's a series on Netflix called Marco Polo that takes place during Kublai Khan rule. It's pretty good

    • @MeldinX2
      @MeldinX2 4 роки тому

      It is and it really needs a 3rd season! :D

  • @Bbarbiexox
    @Bbarbiexox 4 роки тому

    As usual your videos are my favorite way of learning about history and about fascinating people. Will you do a biographic on Alan Watts?

  • @gagemead27
    @gagemead27 4 роки тому +7

    Watching this in anticipation for the new game Ghost of Tsushima!

  • @patrickatienza8927
    @patrickatienza8927 4 роки тому +1

    Please make a video about Admiral Yi Sun Shin of Korea.

  • @sidvyas8549
    @sidvyas8549 11 місяців тому

    @0:57
    “…India to Japan to Sri Lanka”
    That’s one hell of a round trip eh😭

  • @mayoite160
    @mayoite160 4 роки тому +2

    you really should've mentioned Kaidu and how he nearly yoinked northern China from Kublai, and how Kublai took to the field against him on a mobile fortress carried by 4 elephants

  • @michaelhurley3171
    @michaelhurley3171 4 роки тому +1

    Just read a great article about him in recent issue of Nat Geo. Is this the reason for this biography?

  • @ragunathan8901
    @ragunathan8901 2 роки тому +3

    I'm from Tamilnadu (India). we have this topic in our school book. Kublai Khan built Shiva temple in China in 800BC

  • @sampuatisamuel9785
    @sampuatisamuel9785 2 роки тому

    Brilliant, loved it