Mongol Army: How it All Started
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- Опубликовано: 20 сен 2024
- The Kings and Generals animated historical documentary series on the Mongol History continues with a video on the evolution of the Mongol armies, showing how the steppe horsemen bands turned into the most fearsome army in the world by Genghis khan and would create the largest empire until up to that point.
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This video was narrated by Officially Devin ( / @offydgg & / @gameworldnarratives )
Sources:
Allsen, Thomas T. “The Circulation of Military Technology in the Mongolian Empire,” in Warfare in Inner Asian History (500-1800), edited by Nicola Di Cosmo, 265-293. Brill, 2002.
Amitai, Reuven. “Continuity and Change in the Mongol Army of the Ilkhanate,” in the Mongols’ Middle East: Continuity and Transformation in Ilkhanid Iran, edited by Bruno de Nicola and Charles Melville, 38-54 (Boston: Brill, 2016).
Biran, Michal. “The Mongol Transformation: From the Steppe to Eurasian Empire,” Medieval Encounters 10, no. 1-3 (2004): 338-361.
Khazanov, Anatoly. “The Eurasian Steppe Nomads in World Military History,” in Nomad Aristocrats in a World of Empires, Wiesbaden, (2013): 187-
May, Timothy. “The Chinggis Exchange: The Mongol Empire and Global Impact on Warfare,” World History Connected 12 no. 1 (2015): 1-24
May, Timothy. “The Training of an Inner Asian Nomad Army in the Pre-Modern Period The Journal of Military History, 70 no. 3 (2006): 617-635.
Paul, Jürgen. “The State and Military: A Nomadic Perspective,” (2003): 25-68
Rumschlag, Samuel. “One Bow (or Stirrup) is Not Equal to Another: A Comparative Look at Hun and Mongol Military Technologies.,” The Silk Road 16 (2018): 78-90
Suhr, James L. “The Stirrup: Innovation, Invention, Adoption, and Diffusion,” MA Thesis, Norwich University, 2019
Zouache, Abbès, “Western vs. Eastern Way of War: A Review Essay.”
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@ Kings and Generals , 👍🏼 Ok, Your videos are amazing 🔥🔥🇲🇳
I've been waiting for this for months For im descended from Mongolia
Moreeeeeee
On tatcis
You have a podcast?
The most interesting part of the Mongol conquests to me is the versatility and adaptability of the Mongols. Imagine assembling an army capable of devastating Eastern European troops, the war machine of Imperial China, and powerful Islamic cities.
central europe got destroyed as well, don't forget about us!
Also don't forget bacteriological weapon "Bubonica" which was intentionally carried by Golden Horde to Europe before rats.
Before Bubonica, Mongols used to catapult marmots over the Great Wall. Mongols also employed psychological warfare.
On rare occasion, Mongols made use of their shamans to perform paranormal attack but this was probably not so effective.
Don't forget when they attacked the Kingdom of Kanem Bornu. Alot of people don't know about that hidden history.
@@TT-rw3zf how could Mongols attack Kanem Bornu if they were unable to pass Egypt?
Imagine being a primitive horseman in the Mongolian army and seeing the Chinese fire artillery at you exploding gun powder and shit.
There is nothing more tasty than a Kings and Generals video about Mongols!
What about the mongoltage of crash course world history
s c r u m p t i o u s
I love every Mongols history videos.
Agreed
Darn right.
A video on Subutai, Genghis Khan's smartest strategist, would be fascinating to watch.
The discussion about who was the greatest general in history have been pretty much western centric, not even one mention of Subutai in these so called discussions.
Subutai was a demon
@@askkedladd that's what happens when u don't record your history
@@Th3Darkn3s of the battlefield. He alone defeated many men, stronger and more experienced than he is.
There is a video of his expeditions. was released back in 2018
As a Mongol enthusiast myself, I say good job. You guys did well to hire Jackmeister to assist in writing the Mongol videos, he definitely knows what he is talking about and uses a great variety of sources.
Mark Selca yup
The Mongols fight and strategize like wolves, man... Scary scary forces, especially when they work the opponent methodically like predators on prey.
Wolves are the main enemy of step shepherds, you turn into what you fight most.
If they hadn't destroyed libraries like savages probably they wouldn't have been viewed as villiains
They destroyed Muslim books because it only contain books about their religion and their religion rule, though they took a few books that were useful that contain math and other stuff
The nerge does remind oneself of the wolves.
@@babulburel547 They didn't give a shit about being seen as villains tho
- How many tribes and horse archers do you want Temujin?
- Yes
@ Hex Master , 🇲🇳
@@thekhans2823 sain baina uu from kazakhstan 🇰🇿🇲🇳❤️❤️
NURSULTAN İslamvov hello there our cousins 🙂
@ NURSULTAN İslamvov , 🇲🇳 🇰🇿 , Yes hello to you to ! Mongolia
@@coleob8547 are you from turkey or uzbekistan my brother?
I'm impressed with how accurate this video is. You had me with drawing of the sky, that's how we Mongolians drew sky back in day. I don't know what the time table is but I see them in the old paintings in museums and temples. Thank you. Oh by the way please do video on Subeedei.
Agree with you.
Hiring Jackmeister to do the research and writing on the Mongols couldn't of been a better choice. Even the artists and animators are very high quality and as well the narrator who has become iconic to this channel. Keep up the good work!
I like that you included an open debate and cited opposing opinions in the video. This is very very important for youtube history fans to understand that history is a complex subject and its is difficult to establish something as a general truth.
I'm a simple tatar, when I see mongol I click
I'm a simple kazakh, when I see a tatar bro comment a mongol video I upvote.
@@HeavyCavalryArcher im a simple turkish when i see tatar and kazak brothers i like
Crimean or Volga?
Im a Nogai bro reply section of this comment turned into a Turkic council
@@mucahitorak6962 u meant kurultai?
They sure left their mark on the world, the Mongols were truly fearsome.
As a experienced horse rider I was quite surprised that stirrups took so long to develop.
They are definitely a great advantage, and it's extremely dangerous to sit on a galloping horse without them. Especially while handling heavy equipment like lances.
That makes the effectiveness of early cavalry like the Macedonian companion cavalry even more impressive.
I really don't know how they could stay on their horses after even the slightest impact with their lances without stirrups
Dem thick thighs on smaller horses, playboy!
As a Mongolian, I'm very pleased that so many people in the comments love and have interest in our history, thank u💟
Well its kind of world history, since our ancestors spread it throughout the world 😛
Just imagine there was a go pro fitted in the helmet of a mongol warrior fighting in the front .
How I would enjoy his daily vlogs... 🤣🤣
Sounds good. Until you watch kids brains being smeared over walls.
Welcome to my twitch stream future victims of the horde. Dont forget to subscribe and like until we knock your door.
@@SpartaLeonidas Or watch women and children being raped. That's when it becomes unbearable to watch.
Please stop using the Word mongol when there was only turkish in the front of the army...
@@grimgoreironhide9985 That's one sensible orc. Grimgore going through rehab?
The first thing in my head when I saw the title was: Mongol Commander: Let's get down to business. To defeat...EVERYONE.
Different steppe people, but yeah :-)
LAUGHS IN INDIA
@@DerDoctor-nc3db LAUGHS IN TIMUR
The Mamluks: That's cute
@@gameoflife9576 LAUGHS IN OVERSTRECHED EMPIRE THAT COLLAPSES ON ITSLEF
also hello there
It's great to see this channel grow like this. You guys deserve it!
Thanks so much!
When I see 'mongol' in the title, i just click it.
Same ! Lol
Arguably among the biggest facts of all time my guy
Me too lol
holy smokes ty...
same here
It never ceases to amaze me how versatile and robust mongol tactics were. This channel of course excels at many other topics it covers.
British : My empire on which the sun never sets
Mongol: how cute
British Empire is on another level my friend. Across the 5 continents and the 7 seas.
Thank you, Kings and Generals, for uncovering the story of my ancestors.
I am proud to have a Mongol blood in my veins and inherit the Mongol tolerance towards all religions. Right now, many people mistaken me as a Chinese, due to my physical appearance. However, I have something most Chinese don't have:
- round face
- tall body
- round posture
- hairy chest
- whiter/redder skin
Damn I’m so late the Mongol Empire has already invaded Japan twice
Tsushima... :-)
Tried *
@@mr.pointman1930 Are today's Manchus and mongols aware that??
@@18890426 ans finaly, Manchuria and Inner Mongolia becomes Chinese territoires, Japanese Empire loses WWII and conquered territories,
Storms and "divine wind" prevented the Mongols from getting a foothold in Japan.
But "What if" would be a great question if the Mongols had not to mention a great movie.
Respect from Inner Mongolia
Nice video！👍
Teacher: so what did you learn during the quarantine period?
Me: Subutai is ruthless?
Teacher: .........
oingo boingo
Did you learn what is best in life?
Who would win?
The Mongol horse archer; trained from childhood and resistant to hardships of the steppes?
OR
One watery boi.
Winter kills Napoleon winter kills
Kaybe Vang it wasnt the cold that killed but mostly the waterery marshes in russia that go on for miles and almost impossible to get through
Watery boy. Its an old archetype of super trained and resist to everything nomadic horse archers, who use an ultimate weapon. The truth: arrows from horse archers bows could not penetrate european chainmail.
And nomadic people werent endure everything type men at all. Their bones tell a tale of hardships whose shortened their lives, make them ill. The reasosns of their winning wasnt their endurance, it was their ability to incorporate foreigners, so they could develop themselves and getting ready to wage war. Also the different type of warfare. Nomadic armies often were able avoid battles what they could not win, they just needed a good leader. Sedantary armies often were a situation, where they had to make their stand even if the odds were against them. But when sedantary countries started to build castles (not towns, cities!) the table turned. Now they could wait till they gather enough forces, and the nomadic armies wanted to go battles even against the odds....
One big watery boi
The golden horde was against yuan dynasty and ilkhanate. Yet eurocentric fanboys claim their stone castles and knights defeatex the mongol empire
Great video! Really immersive and the animation with your storytelling skills is superb
Glad you enjoyed it!
He was globalised, and collected skills from Around the Asia.
Because growing up he had to make do with what he had.
Skulls*
Great video. Loved how you highlighted all the things that made the Mongol Army under Genghis Khan great and mighty. You guys really do an awesome job. Can't wait for the next video. And also your next video on the Imjin War. My compliments to all those who made this video a reality.
Subscribed and liked because i'm Mongolian. Oh btw excellent content so pleased 👍
Kings and Generals are digging deeper into Mongol History.!! Interesting .!!
The podcast's coverage of the Mongols is superb 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Loved how he referred to the Longbow as the Welsh Longbow, and not English. Glad he got it right, which so few do
The Mongol, Romans at Alexander have 1 thing in common, adaptability.
Do not forgot an intense level of cruelty.
@098765 Craper Spanish? They were like that guy that won the lottery, didn't change and spend a lot and some years down the line it's broke
Only that it was a bloody, genocidal, brutal lottery ticket that belong to someone else
@Batman I think they're talking about the battle tactics. Alexander didnt do some genius things in his campaign. You wont see complex planning like what Subutai and Caesar do in their campaigns. Alexander is a good general but his poweress rests in his elite army not in his strategic brilliance.
@Danny J. And Mongols would be nothing without horse archers,Romans would be nothing without it's legionnaires.
Mongolia never fails to fascinate. Vielen dank.
Napoleon: Russian Winter
Hitler: Russian Winter
Genghis Khan: Let's just send some horse archers and see what happens. Then emerges victorious
I read that General Subotai had his army dismount in the middle of the night, in the middle of winter, and walked up the frozen river that coursed through Moscow. No one sounded the alarm of invasion until the entire army was already within the city. they had no chance!
In fact Subotai win agains the Rusians and not horse archers propably the best general in history
Since the mongols come from a frozen wasteland they were prepared for Russia
Russia was not a major force at that period. It's such a stupid comparison. In fact, there was no Russia. It was the Kievan Rus
@@sntm87 Ok you understand what they are trying to say tho right?
Anyone else imagining The Hu sounding on the background?
This is just what I wanted thaks K&G.
Amazing content, these series on the Mongols is the most researched and detailed of its kind on RUclips. I subscribed right away.
*Please make one on Mongol Weapons and Equipment (like the many different arrow heads they were using, whisting arrows, flat arrows, they type of feathers they used for the fletchings like crane, Eagle..etc. I found some great info on this on Wikipedia) awesome job.
Mongol war tactics is best 🔥🔥🔥
@ Twister Aura , The best in the world 🇲🇳
@@thekhans2823 Yup, The Conqueror, The Destroyer War Tactics GOD OF WAR 🔥🔥🔥
Türklerden çaldılar
Hearsay Subutai have not lost a single battle, not even in his western campaigns.
@ Yulus Leonard , 🤣 Laughs in Mongolian ( Since they went all the way there and were all fine )
Since we're on the topic of nomadic horse warriors it would be awesome if you guys covered the Comanche, and how they were able to take control of the Southern Plains
imagine seeing and hearing thousands of warriors riding towards you on horseback! 50% of the battle was probably already won due to morale loss of the mongols enemies lol
btw i have drawn genghis khan recently if anyone is interested
Actually that's how Mongols actually won alot of battles. They built such a scary reputation Sometimes the enemy just surrendered and if they did then they were spared and only taxes were imposed if not then either they were slaughtered or enslaved
@@MbisonBalrog
That is if they are willing to fight
A smart commander would avoid you and focus on burning the villages/food and sending the villagers to the city starving it
Therr is no real way to win against a mobile force in those times
@@superspies32 it was easy to deal with horse archers it was hard defeating anaenemy without land they won because they had briliand leaders not op tactics mass archers destroy horse archers many lost cuz they were tricked intoo a fake retreat and overextended
@Batman The mamluks beat a small force of less then 20,000 mongols. That victory is highly over rated in history. The Vietnamese beat hundreds of thousands of mongols three times.
Batman The Mamkluks themselves were from Turkic Warriors of the steppe. Consisting of slave soldiers from the steppe warriors, such as Turkic and Mongol have captured and sold throughout the years before Mongols arrived. Thus these warrior were as hardy and experiences as Mongols
The Mongols are the one exception
Here is an update of your unfinished series:
-Roman - Germanic Wars
-Viking Age
-Napoleonic Wars
-Three Kingdoms
-Game of Thrones
-Caesar's Civil War
-Arab Conquests
-Ottoman Wars
-Life of Thomas Cochrane
-Second World War
-Chinese History
-Ancient Mesopotamia
-Armies and Tactics
-Iranian History
-Thirty Years War
-Roman - Persian Wars
-Mongol Conquests
-Byzantine - Bulgarian Wars
-Roman - Macedonian Wars
-Arab Israeli Conflict
-Turkic Nomads
-Roman History
-Cold War
-Crisis of the Third Century
-Swiss Mercenaries
-Norman Conquest of Italy
-Winter War
-Knightly Orders
-Crime Syndicates
-Islamic Golden Age
-Ancient Macedonia
-Imjin War
-Early Russian History
-Timur
-Sicilian Wars
-Byzantine-Seljuk Wars
-Hundred Years War
-American Civil War
-Mongol Armies
You're not making my life any easier!
You've fogotten about Cuman-Qipchaqs!!!...
So true
@@Rhyghar There isn't really an Indian history series.
Please no Three Kingdoms. Mispronouncing names were atrocious
Game of thrones? Really?
You know its gonna be a great series when the narrator says Chinggis Khan not Genghis Khan
Watch Marco Polo in Netflix.
@@chirgpatel3054 we call it Changez
@@prla5400 wtf haha its chinghis bro
At this point I am watching everything K&G team are putting on channel even tho I do not like some of documentics but You guys now can put a video about farms or shit and I would simply click it to watch. Never thought I gonna develop addiction. Yes, this addiction by the name of K&G. Good job guys, keep up your magnificient content poping. Actually I even begun counting days when your vidz pop out so every 3 days I know my day is gonna be delighted hahah
Every Thursday and Sunday :-)
you do podcasts?! AWESOOOOMMMEEEEEEE now I am strongly considering the whole patreon thing. you guys rock
Cant wait for the follow up to this awesome coverage on the Mongols!
Keep up the great content!!!!
Thanks! Will do!
I love all the different series y’all have. I’m a huge history buff and I get excited when a new video comes out
Just fantastic documentary
I listen to the Hu and imagine the Mongol Army having throat singers announce their coming at night to raid the villages in Europe. Would have been a fearsome sight.
I am the punishment of God... If you had not committed great sins, God would not have sent a punishment like me upon you.
The best line in the history of diplomacy.
@Tecumseh it was also used against the Vatican in letters to the Pope.
@Yogdru Haddad I couldn't remember which one it was I knew it was after Ogedai, anyway the point remains the same line was used.
@Yogdru Haddad I'm sorry I don't have a text reference for it I heard it on a podcast called "Wrath of the Khans" he specifically quotes it as part of a reply to letters sent by the Vatican to the Khan in the care of John of Plano Carpini if memory serves, but I could be wrong.
Very progressive of you Kang, always blaming the victim
Damn already loves the documentaries about Mongols.
Keep going 😀😀
3:15 “Retreat now for victory later!”
The hunting technique explains how Subutai was able to control two different armies hundreds of miles apart from each other
Mongol, Ottoman empires is my favorite
Both were very damaging for civilizations
@@lovelyartin for *western* civilizations
Well presented. So many say there will be more detail later but fail to give any information. This video points forward but also gives more than adequate detail about what will be presented.
*THROAT SINGING INTENSIFIES*
All your work makes me learn so much that a simple donation means anything...
I am so happy that you even mentioned which scholars said what. Another suggestion would be, if possible to mention the books and journals as well.
It is such an informative video! Thank you very much! 👍👍👍
Well it started with disregarding the sacred rule of hospitality...
K&G: You may want to buy our "Don't kill my envoys" t-shirts. If you don't, we will offer you a nerge encirclement done by our videos ;)
If his father had never been murdered.... or his wife stolen...
@Dodadeus if the kingdom submit the Mongols would get tax money. Which is alot better than plunder because it's less risky and they gengis won't need to share.
I am from Mongolia and I enjoyed watching this
Please make a video on the Scythians and their origins.
They where turkic
TARTARIA!!!
@@ahamedihamiyun5927 Were they really? And what kinda Turk were they?
@@ahamedihamiyun5927 Scythians were Iranian tribe and they spoke Eastern Iranian languages.... Some descended from Scytho-Sarmatian tribe called ''Ossetians People(Iranian tribe)'' still live in Modern day Russia...
Scythians were Eastern Iranic and their descendants today are Pashtuns of Afghanistan.
This is the K&G video that I have always wanted.
As a Mongol, I love hearing Kings and Generals say "Chinggis" rather than the butchered "Genghis".
@Hoàng Nguyên mistranslated or mispronounced?
BIG CHUNGUS
This is my new favorite RUclips channel
We appreciate that!
K&G is my favourite channel!
Thank you!
@@KingsandGeneralsExcuse But are you an entire company of people mainly creating videos about human history
I am so pumped for this series. The mamluks would be so interesting if there were enough source material
All I remember is that they would lose to the Ottomans and timurids in the 14th and 15th century but still hung around as Mamluk nobility even though they where annexed by the Ottomans kinda like the mongols in China when the yuan dynasty fell but where spared and became nobility under the Ming and Qing dynasties
"Only a fool would fight with the Dotraki in an open field"
- Robert Baratheon
@Dodadeus Genghis khan won the battle with the prince. The prince name is jal al adin. He lost during the battle of indus. Which is feature in the kings and generals video.
But this dotraki guys fight with swords so heavy cavalry would kill them
@Dodadeus Yeah.. this "even Genghis came over to deal with him and still lost" is not correct. Genghis won the battle.
Anyone realized Genghis Khan and his Nomadic tatars getting very popular recently.
Even Age of Empires 2 dedicated an entire new expansion pack just to include the Mongols/Tatars & their impacts because there was literally so much in history in the medieval ages for them. They literally was the catalyst that caused the world to change from bickering wars to rennaissence to Age of Discovery & our eventual modern world.
If not for Genghis Khan, I think the world is still stuck in Deus Veut
Nope
Also, their horses aren't picky eaters. They take what the land gives no matter the level of desolation.
Started out exceptionally well and smoothly
Genghis khan had all his points spent into cavalry and archery
I’m really excited for this series! I would also like to say that I really like the map you guys created for this video, it is visually appealing yet still manages to be detailed.
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 Remarkable video!
Well Done! 🐎🐎🐎🐎🐎
Wow. Just wow. Great video. Great channel.
Mongols : a bunches of brave people who had formed one of the most infact the most effective army in the world.
For how else could one explain how so many cities and armies fell so quickly? A wholehearted united people, understanding the Art of War well and very sophisticated plannings.
The Khan of khan, Genghis Khan 🇲🇳
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@@Manuel-gu9ls pls
He was budhisim
Tengrisim
I personally love this channel so much,been watching it for about 3 years now,always delivers.
Imagine a battle between the Mongol Hordes, and the U.S. Cavalry from the 1870s (Indian Wars). That would've been pretty cool to see. Sure, the U.S. Cavalry would have guns, but there a few things to consider. The Mongols are NOT the Native Americans. Unlike the Native Americans, the Mongols were united, and they were far more numerous than the Indians. The Mongols also had a slightly better technological edge than the Native Americans, having armor, swords, etc. Also, the main firearm of the U.S. military at the time of the Indian Wars was the Springfield rifle or carbine, which was a single shot breech-loader, and a skilled Mongol archer could probably get off twice as many shots with his bow. Let's also not forget what happend to Custer's men at Little Bighorn with their Springfield carbines jamming. And the average Mongol was CERTAINLY a better horseman than the average American would've been.
i mean the Native Americans came from where the Mongols is so basically they are kinda related
@@turuu214 Sort of.
I believe some one from the US Cavalry remarked how the Sioux turned 700 horse around on them in an engagement. Something along the lines of horsemanship like that hadn't been displayed since probably the Mongolian army.
@@ChiefKeewatin No, probably not.
Mongol bows were also much more powerful than Native American ones and so were more lethal and shoot further
I love those little details about equipment and arms. Awesome!
"You can conquer an Empire from the saddle, but you cannot rule an Empire from the saddle".
So much work and research has been put into this video great job man loved it,looking forward for the next episodes.
Its quite simple really....
I see a K&G video pop up....i must like and watch.
Absolutely awesome guys...keep up the great work.
Thank you!
@@KingsandGenerals The Roman and Mongol history is just fascinating.
Obviously all of history is....but those two are great.
Oh and lets throw in the Ottomans too.
Amazing Video. Thank you.
Khwarezmians: chilling out in Urgench while thinking the mongols would just raid some villages.
a few years later the shah is dead cause of heart attack seeing the mongols be like the Seljuks a few centuries earlier...
I thought that he died beacause of illness in island in Aral sea
@@anvar1618 I speculate heart attack in shock 😂
As an Afghan, i get mad reading the history when his father killed the Mongol diplomats sent to the shah because he invaded Afghanistan and much of Central Asia massacring half the population. His son did beat one of Genghis's generals in the battle of parwan with a small troop of Afghan warriors but they abandonded him afterwards. He ran away like a coward to India after he knew he was done for and his empire collapsing in front of his eyes.
Imagine if the Shah didn't execute the diplomats, so many lives could have been saved.
@@TheAfghan72 don't call him a coward
Great video as usual i hope you cover the battle of ain jalut Between the Mamluks and the Mongols If there is time for it🙏🏻
The geopolitics of the time is very important when talking about the rise of the mongols, the division and fragmentation of China, the muslim world(even northern India), the russian princes, a divided Poland, the investiture controversy and the chaos of the crusades was the perfect scenario for Temujin and his sons. Other factor was how genius The Great Khan was when gathering information about everything and everyone, his inteligence agents are equal in quality with the army.
This is my favorite channel!!!
Without the Mongol Empire Russia's story and the world wide history would be way different
Genghis Khan: *Do. Or do not. There is no try.* Yoda: *Wait a minute...*
In short the Mongols where a combination of Carthage and Rome. Carthage in that they effectively used and integrated diffent technologies/units from diatant cultures into their armies, Rome in that they still maintained a well-trained core of Turkic/Mongol warriors.
besides all the other reasons one should accept that the turks/mongols were the people lived in steppes that made them tough to survive is the real reason why they fight well for that era of the world. practical intelligence is the key.
by invading other lands such as persia they figured out how to settle and make politics. with their experienced military strength and newly born/exclusive culture, they spread almost all over the world till today.
such nations are not much in todays world. as well as rome and carthagians, history will surely remember turks and mongols in the next millenia.
big respects.
@@yokartik turkic
Interesting video. Very informative about equipment used and the development of saddles. Thank you!
It would be really cool of you guys could continue the series on Knight orders. Other than that, great vid!
We will!
Those who are saying Mongols would not have conquered Europe just Google Great Northern European Plain and see where it starts and where it ends. And one more thing Sobutai made an alliance with Venetians giving them huge trade rights and special privileges in the Empire. You may why that is important. That is important because the Venentians had Spies ( Diplomatic Envoys ) in all major courts of Europe. So if a European lord or King sneezes Sobutai would Know about it (you get the point). You can see this information used superbly when he commanded his armies in a 500 KM front destroying Hungarian and Polish Armies two days apart. The Pesky Venetians were selling out the Europeans without them even knowing about it.
Those guys sold Europe out multiple times
More reasons to destroy the Venetians in every EU4 games
Nice subject angle, seems that one of their strengths was to adapt quickly and their focus on incorporating the expertise, technology and tactics, as well as systems of governance of the conquered populations.
I’ve been subscribed for years and just found out about the podcast! You guys are awesome and I just followed on Spotify
Let me give you a shorter Version of how the Mongol empire began...
KKHHAAANNN!!!!!!!
@ Josiah Lyngdoh Mawphlang , 🤦🏻♂️ It’s prounounced ‘ Haan ‘ In Mongolian
@@thekhans2823 Oh sorry
The Khans you don’t get the reference?
@ Josiah Lyngdoh Mawphlang , It’s ok 👍🏼
@ Big Boi RV , I indeed do
Best documentary series ever!