On the topic of Genghis’ descendants, I went to high school with a Russian girl who descends from Qasim Khan, a Russified prince of the Golden Horde who at least claimed descent from Genghis’ eldest son Jochi. Thus her brother is technically the legitimate heir to the Mongol empire by absolute primogeniture (though that’s not a system the mongols consistently used)
I found this channel like a week ago and it is pretty informative. It takes a question that just sits in the back of your mind, and answers it. Things like this video and the debt of no existing countries or the last hours of ww1. Never thought I needed to know about all that, but now I know, and I honestly can't complain. And all of that is served with a good and unique animation style. Your content is amazing.
I also found this channel recently and really like it. The art style and narration kinda reminds me of the "Fractured fairy tales" from Rocky and Bullwinkle.
@@legobobafett5045 not gonna lie, you had me in the fist part And same, recently found this (the same videos as the commenter) and am glad I did! I've also been watching a lot of other short animated history video channels lately
Baron Ungern, the man who eventually liberated Mongolia is quite a unique personality, probably one of the most interesting figures in the 20th century, a video about him would be great
"And if all else fails, launch an attack with weaponized diseases to start a pandemic" - Sun Tzu's the Art of War Commented by the mongol Khans (NB: translated from the original edition)
Age of Empires 4 has a great single player campaign that goes through the history of the Mongol empire, its very informative and fun if you like real time strategy games.
Tf if you hadn’t mention that AoE 4 was already released, I wouldn’t know of it. I thought it wouldn’t happen because last time I remember, they were only gauging yet whether to develop AoE 4 or not
@@aethro4375 AoE4's take on historical campaigns are much more.. historical and documentary-like, although I found the lack of personal PoV and storyline made them to be much duller. While you're correct that the DLC campaigns are really nice, the OG Mongolian campaign are way too condensed and simplified, although it is indeed really nice for the time and they can't do much better with the constraints of AoE2 at that point.
An interesting thing about the Yuan dynasty is that it ruled during the climate changing into the little ice age, and the records show horrible natural diaasters and famines happening literally every few months. Its a miracle that the yuan dynasty lasted as long as it did, given the obvious sense that heaven was against them.
Usually in china if there are a lot of natural disasters it means heaven literally is against them and the emperor has lost his mandate of heaven, leading to uprisings and a new dynasty
@@VaioletteWestoverIt wasn’t actually Chinese dynasty I know that Khublai Khan proclaimed himself as the Chinese emperor but that doesn’t give the Chinese excuse to say it as their own . If you really look last predecessor of Mongol empire Khivan Khanate lasted until 20 the century so basically it’s longer than any Chinese dynasty existed .
@@EchoVortex713 If the literal emperor kublai khan proclaimed it, I'm going to believe him and not you. Sorry It's a well known fact that the Yuan Dynasty thoroughly sinicized themselves over time.
Pretty simple, he focuses on the study and history and writing the script, sends it over to his animator and then the animator puts it together with the recorded voice. That’s just what makes the most sense
@@lsrpjune3500 Also he might be making 10s of videos without uploading them and then uploading them once the reserve is empty, this lets him have time to make other videos and replenish the reserve
@@reintaler6355 reserve as in a load of videos unpublished left to be published in a regular interval, like 1 or 2 weeks, so he's not necessarily making the video during the time between each video, espacially not the writing and research
They still did give the Chinese a hard time. Even smashed their armies again and captured their Emperor, sowed chaos and caused a succession crisis. If it wasn't for their leader (Esen Taishi) reluctance and the Ming generals last stand , they might've reestablished their holding or at least strengthen their position in the Central plains. But to be fair, even Esen didn't expect to beat the Ming so resoundingly like that, he simply didn't plan that far. This is what we call "suffering from success" as he was assassinated only a few years after that spectacular victory, dismantling the Mongolian confederacy of tribes.
I don't think it was his reluctance, Esen had no reason to destroy the Ming. He was a tributary to the Ming and enjoyed it because he got to keep asking the Ming for gifts through trade. The whole reason he went to war with them was because Ming reduced the trade and stopped sending these gifts. Esen wanted to restore the flow of money. When Esen destroyed the Ming army and captured Emperor Yingzong (Zhu Qizhen), he wanted to ransom him back to China as part of his negotiation tactics as well. It backfired because the emperor's brother Zhu Qiyu got to become Emperor himself and had no issue remaining so, meaning Esen basically captured the Ming Emperor for nothing. After the failed invasion of Beijing, Esen ended up returning the emperor and negotiate to resume the trade with worse terms than before. He also wasn't just assassinated, his fellow Mongols and Oirats revolted against him. Esen killed his competition after a dispute about the heir and would later usurp leadership of the Great Yuan rather than going through the Kurultai, which is the traditional method of electing a leader.
Esen Taishi, as you say, is a Taishi. This is not a name. This is a job. He is the grand preceptor to toghtoa bukha, the khan of the northern yuan, khan of the mongols. He defeated the tatars to the east and that's how he came to be powerful.
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5:43 They also created one of the first instances of hyperinflation and fiat currency leading to an opposition of the concept for centuries. That's my favorite fact about the Yuan dynasty.
So pleased the algorithm alerted to me to Side Quest. The animation, voiceover and humour is brilliantly on point. Subscribed in a heart beat and wish you all the success with the channel!
How tf I’d your channel so small? I listened to a few of your vids on my way home from work, and assumed you had 10x or more subscribers than you actually do. I’m excited to see where you take this cool channel my guy!
I personally use the end date of the Mughal empire as the end of the Mongols. Since the imperial dynasty there claimed succession from both Timur and Genghis which they were related to.
A fun side note, after the Manchurians united and conquered Ming China forming the Great Qing, Mongolian traditions and customs were incorporated into the Royal family’s etiquette and methods of ruling. It could be argued that in some ways that the Qing continued the cultural legacy of the Mongol Dynasty. Mongol nobles and generals were incorporated into a “Mongolian Banner,” additionally intermarriage between the Manchu nobles and Mongolian nobles was a very common practice especially under the Kangxi Emperor. The Manchu over time became more Chinese, however, the martial spirit carried by its vast military looked to Mongol traditions as a source of pride and as a standard to achieve as a standing army :) There’s some great books on the subject to include the Kangxi’s memoir!
Quite an interesting subject too considering that the rus (like the manchus) eventually look up to the mongol style of governance after they fell to the hordes. Difference being is that, the russians ( or muscovites as you can say) didn't use the title khan.
@@zebimicio5204Russians adopted the style Mongolian diplomacy and administration after being under their rule fore 2 centuries they’ve been heavily influenced.
Uhh just a sidenote but the clothes the Chinese were wearing at 3:54 were pretty anachronistic. That clothing is of the Qing dynasty and of Manchu origin and the Manchus were not popular for their oppressive policies. The clothing in this era should be of Ming dynasty and with very *very* obvious Han influence as the Hongwu emperor went nuts with destroying and removing Mongol influence.
I like how this video here teaches Facts without getting boring or not being entertaining. Makes me wanna yell from the rooftops to all here: Hbomberguy, Logicked, Zod and others do the same!
Actually, the Chinese Song Dynasty invented the modern type of paper money. The Yuan mongols just kept it and basically misused it so badly that it was discontinued after they were chased out of China.
It wasn't cash though, as the Jiaoziqian has an duration of 3 years and was backed by physical coins, it doesn't have the durability and liquidity as cash, in Jin dynasty the duration is 7 years, but in Yuan dynasty all paper money were backed by commodity including gold, silver and silk, there were no expiration date and therefore fit more into the M1 definition of currency, in that sense it is the first paper money as we know it.
@@fsdds1488 idk if I’m remembering it correctly but the first paper money functioned like a modern check or bond certificate that kind of like became a legal tender, and is issued only by the government which can then be traded at face value. Like when there is a government project worth a ridiculous amount, it will be paid with “paper money” then the contractors or whoever is paid by it can also use it to pay for something else or, if they want to cash it, they can go to the government and get the equivalent sum of its denomination.
@@richmondxavieriringan7491 It is first issued by banks in Sichuan as they were unhappy about having to transport large amount of coins to Bianjing (which is in modern day Kaifeng, its like a thousand kilometre away and the shipping involve crossing hostile terrains) for reporting and taxing so they decided that it would be better if their branches in Kaifeng can provide the coins needed for reporting, and due to the convenience of those unofficial bills everyone in the province started to carry them, and its from that point the provincial government started to regulate it, but still it is issued by local banks with government permission, a close analogy to this is the Hong Kong Dollar, the bills of HKD were not issued by the central financial institution the Hong Kong Monetary Authority but prominent bill issuing banks like BOCHK and HSBC, but HKMA do issue coins and 10 dollar bills.
@@fsdds1488 I like how this video here teaches Facts without getting boring or not being entertaining. Makes me wanna yell from the rooftops to all here: Oversimplififed, Logicked, Zod and others do the same!
The Black Plage which was spread by the Mongolian Empire caused the cut of the silk road which connect the east and west to collapse the economy of the Yuan Dynasty, Goryeo, and Japan. Also, this causes Goryeo and Joseon to go into isolation.
The way history teaches you to look at these ruthless psychopaths as decent people is what has always convinced me we are and always have been ruled by complete psychopaths.
@@hidokun9145I didn't mean you were, but since you want to make it personal, it's not hard to be superior to the likes of you and the mongols that you're defending. There's nothing human about what they did. Get help for that self esteem issue that you tried to project onto me.
Also not mentioned was that while the mongs were brutal, their deal pretty much went surrender and no harm comes to you...if not, well... The Mongol empire under genghis was surprisingly progressive though. There was religious tolerance and even "insurance" for widows of fallen raiders, where a portion of raid spoils would be set aside to support the families of the person who died during a raid
Unless you're a nobel with a strong influence to the people, that will apply to you. If not, you and your entire blood relatives will still end up dead because the mongols don't trust you to not make a future revolt.
If a city surrendered, it was incorporated into the empire. Non-Mongols could rise in the administration to high levels. Also, they allowed religious freedom, Christians, Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus etc, could be found together in the cities.
Right and some cities that surrendered had to give everything as tribute and would later be destroyed if the next wave of gifts wasn't as good as the 1st.
The "Yuan Dynasty" of China that was established by Kublai Khan (the grandson of Genghis Khan) only ruled from 1271 to 1368 AD. That together is a total of 97 years, making it the shortest-lived major dynasty of China. Unlike other dynasties of China, when the Mongols ruled they were never totally Sinicized. That played an important part in their downfall. They simply maintained (for the most part) their seperation from the native population and utilized foreigners. And after the fall of the Yuan dynasty in 1368, the Mongols eventualy returned back to Mongolia.
@@RA1S1NS is English not your first language? I said: "That together is a total of 97 years, making it the shortest-lived major dynasty of China." I'm not sure how you yourself got the number of 150, and I never even mentioned the word "Chinese" in my comment. The Yuan Dynasty was started by Kublai Khan (who was the grandson of Genghis Khan, a Mongol) and after he died his family continued to rule China until 1368. The names and dates I'll list: Kublai Khan 1271-1294, Temür Khan 1294-1307, Külüg Khan 1281-1311, Ayurbarwada Buyantu Khan 1311-1320, Gegeen Khan 1320-1323, Yesün Temür 1323-1328, Ragibagh Khan 1328, Jayaatu Khan Tugh Temür 1328-1329 and 1329-1332, Khutughtu Khan Kusala 1329, Rinchinbal Khan 1332, Toghon Temür 1333-1368. As you can see that is a complete list of all the emperors of the Yuan Dynasty, starting from 1271-1368. And as I said, it is a total of 97 years making it the shortest-lived major dynasty of China. Where did I even mention the word "Chinese" in my very first message? When did I mention "live up to 150 years or more?" The definition of a "dynasty" is "a line of hereditary rulers of a country". If you understand proper English, then you would realize I was referring to the "Yuan Dynasty" that indicates all of the generations of the rulers. My post had nothing to do with the actual Chinese civilians (which is why I never mentioned them) because the topic was simply about the Yuan Dynasty, who were indead Mongols that once ruled over China.
@@dmraven dude, ok,ok my bad. . calm down. Just correct me. Just say that there ruled by the generation of kublai khan and thats it. I understand it all, no need to explain everything. First of all you didnt say it ruled by many generation, so i thought it ruled by only one man, so geez.
@@RA1S1NS if you atleast went to 8th grade then you should understand the definition of "dynasty" as I said above. It is talked about in world history... around the world. So when you hear the name of "... dynasty" they are referring to "a line of hereditary rulers of a country". That is why it is officially called that name and everyone refers to it that way, all Chinese dynasties have a name and you simply look them up. It is common sence, it doesn't need to be specified as being in "generations" because the word "dynasty" already means the line of rulers of during that entire period, as the definition says. Again, I assume English is not your 1st language. And my reply to you was because you seemed to challenge a logically simple correct statement in a way that made no sense. And if I really wanted to be angry or rude, then I could have used fowl language, called you names or done other things. I did not, I'm sure you have seen far worse comments. All I did was make myself absolutely clear because this is available to the world and not all people can understand one another correctly. That causes problems.
Shows that if you have no honor, respect for human life, or desire to build or hold, a quarter of a million brigands can basically conquer the world. If by conquer you mean destroy most of it.
Thats not what their edge was. Their edge was that they could move large troop structures in disciplined formations, live off the land, and defeat their enemies in detail.
@@zyanego3170 they considered themselves to have honor, I do not. Killing surrendered foes, betraying allies, and killing children en masse are things I would consider deeply dishonorable, but were normal for them. They had strong discipline, and held closely to conventions set by their khan, I think they called that honor, but I would disagree with them.
@@achintyanaithani889 disagree. They were very much like the Huns before them. They did not focus on conquest, but destruction. They often would not give a town the chance to surrender, the first one in the region would serve as an example to encourage the others to offer an unsolicited surrender. We have to stop venerating genocidal human filth, like the Mongolians of the hordes, the Spartans, the Romans for most of their history, Charlemagne, or the nazis.
I always wanted to know this question , Mongolian Empire , vs modern Mongolia . No one dared answer this question for some reason. thanks for making this I really appreciate it.
It's not called Mongolian empire. It's called the Mongol empire. I think they mean different things. Mongolian means people of Mongolia. Mongol means that Confederacy of different tribes originated on the Eurasian steppes.
Let me answer you then. Mongol empire is different from modern Mongolia in a way you'd be surprised to hear. In Mongol empire the letters were different and it meant different words and symbolism while in modern mongolia you can see that we use Cyrillic- more akin to European traditions. Its because we had culture war ! The culture war during the soviet unions time in mongolia was great improvement from the old ways to the new ways. Such things as grooming, showering, learning and housing became essential. Not only that women were now back to being more independent and they could essentially become the bread winners. As a mongolian I will say that one thing differs in Mongol empire and Modern mongolia. Which is sacrifice and blood, like on this video we fashion ourselves in blood but differently. During the 1200s and early 1800s blood was necessary to win over the Qing dynasty for both Chinese and Mongolian. While During the 1900s mongolians fought oppression from Stalins soviet with pen and paper. With that sacrifices and blood meant differently as well. In the ye olden times we let our children off their parents so that they could revive the country, it was necessary and very terrible. In modern time, creators and writers would plaster free ideas on paper and spread even If they knew that it would get them offed. So here it is from swords and knives to words and pen!
That is like mentioning the Delhi Sultanate when talking about the great Turkish empires. Or calling America as New England simply for being populated by them. Just because they have common ancestry doesn't necessarily make them important parts of history for a specific country.
the mughals were descendant from the delhi sultanate though. The only thing those two have in common with the mongols were claiming they were chinggis's sucessor, which is pretty common for most warlords back then. It's like european states claiming they're the descendants of rome even though they're germans@@lukee-af5931
Worth noting that part of the fractured Mongol empire was controlled by Timur, who decided that we wanted to live up to his predecesor and created the Timurid empire. This eventually collapsed too, but a fragment of this established base in Kabul before conquering much of India and becoming the Mughal Empire
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The Golden Horde conquered not southern russia but some principalities of Kievan Rus. The one and only king of the Galicia - Volhynia kingdom was the one who stopped their advance westwards
3:55 That’s a hat that the Chinese only started wearing after being conquered by the Manchu in the 1600s. They wouldn’t have worn it right after the end of the Yuan Dynasty.
2:13 It was a nerge, a coordinated hunting by soldiers that made a huge circle and slowly tightened it to sweep all wildlife in the circle. Of course it would be very undesirable if an unit failed to hold the line in the circle and let the animals escape. It was a valuable food supplying method as well as an excellent military exercise. It not as stupid as it is presented in this video. Lying by omission is what it is
many parallels between Alexander and his diadochs who came after him and Genghis and the khans that followed. Except the former at least built some cities between all the battles and conquering
The mongol empire is a perfect example of “I got here but didn’t plan to make it this far.”
I doubt that. Genghiz was effective in ruling a giant empire. But it makes sense that the empire would eventually fall after his death, being so big.
@@martijnbouman8874 ruling sure, but administration and courts + laws? That's what he didn't do.
@@hansolowe19 Why do you think that?
@@hansolowe19 I thought they had a rather effective administrative system. 🤨 I might be wrong though.
@@peepoclown1 when it came to governing a gigantic empire, it was not good enough or we would not be having this conversation 🤷♂️
On the topic of Genghis’ descendants, I went to high school with a Russian girl who descends from Qasim Khan, a Russified prince of the Golden Horde who at least claimed descent from Genghis’ eldest son Jochi.
Thus her brother is technically the legitimate heir to the Mongol empire by absolute primogeniture (though that’s not a system the mongols consistently used)
Jochi was also the most likely to be not of Genghis. He could have been conceived when Temujin's wife was abducted.
@@wastelandswimmer I’m pretty sure ghengis killed a bunch of guys for saying that
@@Kunumbah1 i am pretty sure*
I think you tried to say that
I recall that the default policy was that the youngest son would inherit all
I mean he impregnated quite a bigamount ofwoman so it isn’t unlikely to be descendant of him
I found this channel like a week ago and it is pretty informative. It takes a question that just sits in the back of your mind, and answers it. Things like this video and the debt of no existing countries or the last hours of ww1. Never thought I needed to know about all that, but now I know, and I honestly can't complain. And all of that is served with a good and unique animation style. Your content is amazing.
same here, I'm loving this! looks like the algorithm picked it up recently!
I also found this channel recently and really like it. The art style and narration kinda reminds me of the "Fractured fairy tales" from Rocky and Bullwinkle.
Because history is very important.
It helps us learn from our mistakes.
No I'm just kidding look at Americans!
Same here, RUclips algo blessed us with true knowledge
@@legobobafett5045 not gonna lie, you had me in the fist part
And same, recently found this (the same videos as the commenter) and am glad I did!
I've also been watching a lot of other short animated history video channels lately
Baron Ungern, the man who eventually liberated Mongolia is quite a unique personality, probably one of the most interesting figures in the 20th century, a video about him would be great
Im reading a book about that guy right now lol. A genuinely fascinating man. Psychotic and insane, but fascinating. Would make a great video.
@@signoguns8501 Which book are you reading? I've been getting most of my sources from Beasts, Men and Gods.
@@shamusson The bloody white baron by james palmer. It's great, highly recommended it.
Mongolian Isis
Absolutely would not call being attacked and puppeted by a foreign bloodthirsty monarchofascist warlord liberation 😂
"And if all else fails, launch an attack with weaponized diseases to start a pandemic" - Sun Tzu's the Art of War Commented by the mongol Khans (NB: translated from the original edition)
HAAAAAAAAAAAA HAAAAAAAAAAAA HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Not just any pandemic, the worst pandemic the world has ever seen lol. Thanks mongols.
who would be crazy enough to do that....🙄
2019 covid : I'm the descendant of Black Death.
4:30 Wouldn't be the last time Asians attacked the West with biological warfare causing economic destruction.
I'm in love with this animation! Great video!
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Armor looks badass
Amazing quality and unique topic!
Age of Empires 4 has a great single player campaign that goes through the history of the Mongol empire, its very informative and fun if you like real time strategy games.
AoE 2 has an even better take. You can play the Mongol campaign or Tatars of Transoxiana or Cumans if you have DE.
"Age of Empires 4"
*hold up* ...
Tf if you hadn’t mention that AoE 4 was already released, I wouldn’t know of it. I thought it wouldn’t happen because last time I remember, they were only gauging yet whether to develop AoE 4 or not
@@richmondxavieriringan7491 From what I've heard the launch of AoE IV was a bit of a mess, but it also should be fixed by now.
@@aethro4375 AoE4's take on historical campaigns are much more..
historical and documentary-like, although I found the lack of personal PoV and storyline made them to be much duller. While you're correct that the DLC campaigns are really nice, the OG Mongolian campaign are way too condensed and simplified, although it is indeed really nice for the time and they can't do much better with the constraints of AoE2 at that point.
3:48 The way he said " The last great Khan fled China and Died in exile " is so good. The horrifying tone is perfect. That's why I love this channel.
An interesting thing about the Yuan dynasty is that it ruled during the climate changing into the little ice age, and the records show horrible natural diaasters and famines happening literally every few months. Its a miracle that the yuan dynasty lasted as long as it did, given the obvious sense that heaven was against them.
Usually in china if there are a lot of natural disasters it means heaven literally is against them and the emperor has lost his mandate of heaven, leading to uprisings and a new dynasty
It lasted literally like less than 100 years before the Chinese decided to kick them out, one of if not the shortest dynasties in Chinese history
@@VaioletteWestoverno not really there were a couple that were shorter
@@VaioletteWestoverIt wasn’t actually Chinese dynasty I know that Khublai Khan proclaimed himself as the Chinese emperor but that doesn’t give the Chinese excuse to say it as their own . If you really look last predecessor of Mongol empire Khivan Khanate lasted until 20 the century so basically it’s longer than any Chinese dynasty existed .
@@EchoVortex713 If the literal emperor kublai khan proclaimed it, I'm going to believe him and not you. Sorry
It's a well known fact that the Yuan Dynasty thoroughly sinicized themselves over time.
How do you make videos so quickly. I love the quality of these videos!
Glad you like them! Time flies when you love what you're doing :)
Pretty simple, he focuses on the study and history and writing the script, sends it over to his animator and then the animator puts it together with the recorded voice. That’s just what makes the most sense
@@lsrpjune3500 Also he might be making 10s of videos without uploading them and then uploading them once the reserve is empty, this lets him have time to make other videos and replenish the reserve
@@spongeboblover7052 reserve as in the editing software or RUclips?
@@reintaler6355 reserve as in a load of videos unpublished left to be published in a regular interval, like 1 or 2 weeks, so he's not necessarily making the video during the time between each video, espacially not the writing and research
They still did give the Chinese a hard time. Even smashed their armies again and captured their Emperor, sowed chaos and caused a succession crisis. If it wasn't for their leader (Esen Taishi) reluctance and the Ming generals last stand , they might've reestablished their holding or at least strengthen their position in the Central plains.
But to be fair, even Esen didn't expect to beat the Ming so resoundingly like that, he simply didn't plan that far. This is what we call "suffering from success" as he was assassinated only a few years after that spectacular victory, dismantling the Mongolian confederacy of tribes.
Thats the oirats though, they arent descendant of genghis
@@Riskijay55 They are still Mongols
@@Mongol1232 not in any way related to the mongol empire though, thats one of the major reasons esen taishi was assassinated
I don't think it was his reluctance, Esen had no reason to destroy the Ming. He was a tributary to the Ming and enjoyed it because he got to keep asking the Ming for gifts through trade. The whole reason he went to war with them was because Ming reduced the trade and stopped sending these gifts. Esen wanted to restore the flow of money.
When Esen destroyed the Ming army and captured Emperor Yingzong (Zhu Qizhen), he wanted to ransom him back to China as part of his negotiation tactics as well. It backfired because the emperor's brother Zhu Qiyu got to become Emperor himself and had no issue remaining so, meaning Esen basically captured the Ming Emperor for nothing.
After the failed invasion of Beijing, Esen ended up returning the emperor and negotiate to resume the trade with worse terms than before.
He also wasn't just assassinated, his fellow Mongols and Oirats revolted against him. Esen killed his competition after a dispute about the heir and would later usurp leadership of the Great Yuan rather than going through the Kurultai, which is the traditional method of electing a leader.
Esen Taishi, as you say, is a Taishi. This is not a name. This is a job. He is the grand preceptor to toghtoa bukha, the khan of the northern yuan, khan of the mongols. He defeated the tatars to the east and that's how he came to be powerful.
Looks like you’re blowing up hommie. Your subs are spiking hard and you’re clearly reaching new exposure in the algorithm.
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I've only known this channel for a few days and it has almost doubled in subs. Very happy for him, this is high quality stuff!
lol so true. i think he was below 100k when i started about a week ago, and now it has heightened to over 130 k!
5:43 They also created one of the first instances of hyperinflation and fiat currency leading to an opposition of the concept for centuries. That's my favorite fact about the Yuan dynasty.
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You answer all the history questions I always ask myself, your channel is amazing.
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There was also the Emir of Bukhara, who ruled til the 1920s before he was ousted by the Soviets
Just going through all your videos. Great stuff.
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How tf I’d your channel so small? I listened to a few of your vids on my way home from work, and assumed you had 10x or more subscribers than you actually do. I’m excited to see where you take this cool channel my guy!
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I personally use the end date of the Mughal empire as the end of the Mongols. Since the imperial dynasty there claimed succession from both Timur and Genghis which they were related to.
Me too.
Same
but it had nothing to do with the mongols, claiming Genghisid ancestry was the norm at the time
@@RandomGuy-df1oy Also, the Holy Roman Empire is totally Rome, same country, totally.
@@MichaelDavis-mk4me ??? WUD
The secret story in Mongolia that only Mongolians know
A fun side note, after the Manchurians united and conquered Ming China forming the Great Qing, Mongolian traditions and customs were incorporated into the Royal family’s etiquette and methods of ruling. It could be argued that in some ways that the Qing continued the cultural legacy of the Mongol Dynasty.
Mongol nobles and generals were incorporated into a “Mongolian Banner,” additionally intermarriage between the Manchu nobles and Mongolian nobles was a very common practice especially under the Kangxi Emperor.
The Manchu over time became more Chinese, however, the martial spirit carried by its vast military looked to Mongol traditions as a source of pride and as a standard to achieve as a standing army :)
There’s some great books on the subject to include the Kangxi’s memoir!
Quite an interesting subject too considering that the rus (like the manchus) eventually look up to the mongol style of governance after they fell to the hordes. Difference being is that, the russians ( or muscovites as you can say) didn't use the title khan.
@@zebimicio5204Russians adopted the style Mongolian diplomacy and administration after being under their rule fore 2 centuries they’ve been heavily influenced.
Great to see these vids getting attention they deserve
Uhh just a sidenote but the clothes the Chinese were wearing at 3:54 were pretty anachronistic. That clothing is of the Qing dynasty and of Manchu origin and the Manchus were not popular for their oppressive policies. The clothing in this era should be of Ming dynasty and with very *very* obvious Han influence as the Hongwu emperor went nuts with destroying and removing Mongol influence.
Im a grown ass man......but the family of mongolian beards @5:53 still has me busting laughs XD
Just here to comment to boost engagement! Such a fascinating video about the Mongolians! I’ve always wondered what happened to them.
This guy reminds me a lot of Stephen Fry, specifically of his work on the little big planet games
I like how this video here teaches Facts without getting boring or not being entertaining. Makes me wanna yell from the rooftops to all here: Hbomberguy, Logicked, Zod and others do the same!
Great animation!
Love the commentary and artstyle
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“What are your plans after the empire?”
“Think I’ll take a year off, maybe get a job in the private sector.”
Minor detail, but Genghis Khan is not a person, but a title. The person people usually refer to as "Genghis Khan" was in fact named "Temüjin" .
Love the format
Excellent stuff!
That was cool learning the origins of Jaghatai Khan and his culture
This is great. So much information and kept me entertained throughout a workout 😂 subbed
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Underrated channel
Actually, the Chinese Song Dynasty invented the modern type of paper money. The Yuan mongols just kept it and basically misused it so badly that it was discontinued after they were chased out of China.
It wasn't cash though, as the Jiaoziqian has an duration of 3 years and was backed by physical coins, it doesn't have the durability and liquidity as cash, in Jin dynasty the duration is 7 years, but in Yuan dynasty all paper money were backed by commodity including gold, silver and silk, there were no expiration date and therefore fit more into the M1 definition of currency, in that sense it is the first paper money as we know it.
@@fsdds1488 idk if I’m remembering it correctly but the first paper money functioned like a modern check or bond certificate that kind of like became a legal tender, and is issued only by the government which can then be traded at face value. Like when there is a government project worth a ridiculous amount, it will be paid with “paper money” then the contractors or whoever is paid by it can also use it to pay for something else or, if they want to cash it, they can go to the government and get the equivalent sum of its denomination.
@@richmondxavieriringan7491 It is first issued by banks in Sichuan as they were unhappy about having to transport large amount of coins to Bianjing (which is in modern day Kaifeng, its like a thousand kilometre away and the shipping involve crossing hostile terrains) for reporting and taxing so they decided that it would be better if their branches in Kaifeng can provide the coins needed for reporting, and due to the convenience of those unofficial bills everyone in the province started to carry them, and its from that point the provincial government started to regulate it, but still it is issued by local banks with government permission, a close analogy to this is the Hong Kong Dollar, the bills of HKD were not issued by the central financial institution the Hong Kong Monetary Authority but prominent bill issuing banks like BOCHK and HSBC, but HKMA do issue coins and 10 dollar bills.
the song dynasty didnt invent paper money but some random chinese dudes at banks invented it and yuan dynasty tried it in a larger scale
@@fsdds1488 I like how this video here teaches Facts without getting boring or not being entertaining. Makes me wanna yell from the rooftops to all here: Oversimplififed, Logicked, Zod and others do the same!
The Black Plage which was spread by the Mongolian Empire caused the cut of the silk road which connect the east and west to collapse the economy of the Yuan Dynasty, Goryeo, and Japan. Also, this causes Goryeo and Joseon to go into isolation.
thanks SQ, been playing tsushima lately and needed to learn more than just hate for the Mongol empire lol
At 5:40, the spread of gunpowder went off with a bang 😆
You should make a cartoon with this animation style! Kind of reminds me of Courage The Cowardly Dog mixed with Cyanide and Happiness.
Side Quest is now my Main Quest for Knowledge!
Under rated channel
great video and voice
If we count the Mughals as a mongol state, than we could say the mongol empire survived up untill the Indian Trade Company conquered India
mughals have nothing with mongols it's a turkic state ruled india
@@jupiterbirlesikgezegenleri9884 what they do have in common is the dynastic origin.
@@SuperRaduMatei still They are not mongols
@@jupiterbirlesikgezegenleri9884 if the greek byzantines can be roman, if the parthians can be macedonian, then the mughals can be mongols😂😂😂
@@SuperRaduMatei mughals take their land with fight not like byzantines or parthians. they are turks just it nothing more
First saw it at reddit. Amazing video, eager to know more about your content.
Subd' too.
The last Mongol rulers in India
were the Mughals. Their reign ended in 1857.
They had a similar demise to the Yuan dynasty who were killed by native Chinese rebels, as the Mughals were being defeated by the Marathas
They were Turkic not Mongol
@@akkiaddizone6889 Turkics evolved from the intermarriage between Central Asians and Mongols.
@@danielblue4460 what you call Central Asian is literally proto Turkic, Timur and Mughals were Turkic too
@@tableprinterdoor Mughals infact out lived Marathas
The way history teaches you to look at these ruthless psychopaths as decent people is what has always convinced me we are and always have been ruled by complete psychopaths.
It's called being human.
@@hidokun9145 sub human
@@NikoBellaKhouf2 lol ok, if you lack self-esteem and want to feel superior.
@@hidokun9145I didn't mean you were, but since you want to make it personal, it's not hard to be superior to the likes of you and the mongols that you're defending. There's nothing human about what they did. Get help for that self esteem issue that you tried to project onto me.
Empires are peculiar because they can commit great evil, yet they can also do great good for humanity
Thanks Hitchhikers Guide!
love the artwork
Also not mentioned was that while the mongs were brutal, their deal pretty much went surrender and no harm comes to you...if not, well...
The Mongol empire under genghis was surprisingly progressive though. There was religious tolerance and even "insurance" for widows of fallen raiders, where a portion of raid spoils would be set aside to support the families of the person who died during a raid
Unless you're a nobel with a strong influence to the people, that will apply to you. If not, you and your entire blood relatives will still end up dead because the mongols don't trust you to not make a future revolt.
that ace attorney reference though at 3:14 amazing
If a city surrendered, it was incorporated into the empire. Non-Mongols could rise in the administration to high levels. Also, they allowed religious freedom, Christians, Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus etc, could be found together in the cities.
Yeah, cities rhat were... Like that anyway. Persia has had that baseline of religious tolerance since Cyrus
Right and some cities that surrendered had to give everything as tribute and would later be destroyed if the next wave of gifts wasn't as good as the 1st.
@@JoshuaKevinPerry Of course. In the Mongol view, they were only uniting One Earth under One Ruler under One Heaven.
The "Yuan Dynasty" of China that was established by Kublai Khan (the grandson of Genghis Khan) only ruled from 1271 to 1368 AD. That together is a total of 97 years, making it the shortest-lived major dynasty of China.
Unlike other dynasties of China, when the Mongols ruled they were never totally Sinicized. That played an important part in their downfall. They simply maintained (for the most part) their seperation from the native population and utilized foreigners. And after the fall of the Yuan dynasty in 1368, the Mongols eventualy returned back to Mongolia.
So chinese can live upto 150 years or more? Hmmm... Because you said its a shortest lived major dynasty of china
@@RA1S1NS is English not your first language?
I said: "That together is a total of 97 years, making it the shortest-lived major dynasty of China."
I'm not sure how you yourself got the number of 150, and I never even mentioned the word "Chinese" in my comment. The Yuan Dynasty was started by Kublai Khan (who was the grandson of Genghis Khan, a Mongol) and after he died his family continued to rule China until 1368. The names and dates I'll list:
Kublai Khan 1271-1294, Temür Khan 1294-1307, Külüg Khan 1281-1311, Ayurbarwada Buyantu Khan 1311-1320, Gegeen Khan 1320-1323, Yesün Temür 1323-1328, Ragibagh Khan 1328, Jayaatu Khan Tugh Temür 1328-1329 and 1329-1332, Khutughtu Khan Kusala 1329, Rinchinbal Khan 1332, Toghon Temür 1333-1368.
As you can see that is a complete list of all the emperors of the Yuan Dynasty, starting from 1271-1368. And as I said, it is a total of 97 years making it the shortest-lived major dynasty of China.
Where did I even mention the word "Chinese" in my very first message? When did I mention "live up to 150 years or more?" The definition of a "dynasty" is "a line of hereditary rulers of a country". If you understand proper English, then you would realize I was referring to the "Yuan Dynasty" that indicates all of the generations of the rulers. My post had nothing to do with the actual Chinese civilians (which is why I never mentioned them) because the topic was simply about the Yuan Dynasty, who were indead Mongols that once ruled over China.
@@dmraven dude, ok,ok my bad. . calm down. Just correct me. Just say that there ruled by the generation of kublai khan and thats it. I understand it all, no need to explain everything. First of all you didnt say it ruled by many generation, so i thought it ruled by only one man, so geez.
@@RA1S1NS if you atleast went to 8th grade then you should understand the definition of "dynasty" as I said above. It is talked about in world history... around the world. So when you hear the name of "... dynasty" they are referring to "a line of hereditary rulers of a country".
That is why it is officially called that name and everyone refers to it that way, all Chinese dynasties have a name and you simply look them up. It is common sence, it doesn't need to be specified as being in "generations" because the word "dynasty" already means the line of rulers of during that entire period, as the definition says.
Again, I assume English is not your 1st language. And my reply to you was because you seemed to challenge a logically simple correct statement in a way that made no sense. And if I really wanted to be angry or rude, then I could have used fowl language, called you names or done other things. I did not, I'm sure you have seen far worse comments. All I did was make myself absolutely clear because this is available to the world and not all people can understand one another correctly. That causes problems.
@@RA1S1NS this may help
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Shows that if you have no honor, respect for human life, or desire to build or hold, a quarter of a million brigands can basically conquer the world. If by conquer you mean destroy most of it.
The Mongols did have honor, that was a major why they launched their campains in the first place.
Thats not what their edge was. Their edge was that they could move large troop structures in disciplined formations, live off the land, and defeat their enemies in detail.
@@zyanego3170 they considered themselves to have honor, I do not. Killing surrendered foes, betraying allies, and killing children en masse are things I would consider deeply dishonorable, but were normal for them.
They had strong discipline, and held closely to conventions set by their khan, I think they called that honor, but I would disagree with them.
@@achintyanaithani889 disagree. They were very much like the Huns before them. They did not focus on conquest, but destruction. They often would not give a town the chance to surrender, the first one in the region would serve as an example to encourage the others to offer an unsolicited surrender.
We have to stop venerating genocidal human filth, like the Mongolians of the hordes, the Spartans, the Romans for most of their history, Charlemagne, or the nazis.
@@robertaylor9218 They didn't kill surrendered foes as long as they surrendered before a fight.
You'd do a great Stephen Fry impersonation!
somehow nothing will ever beat random history videos
I always wanted to know this question , Mongolian Empire , vs modern Mongolia . No one dared answer this question for some reason. thanks for making this I really appreciate it.
It's not called Mongolian empire. It's called the Mongol empire. I think they mean different things. Mongolian means people of Mongolia. Mongol means that Confederacy of different tribes originated on the Eurasian steppes.
Let me answer you then. Mongol empire is different from modern Mongolia in a way you'd be surprised to hear. In Mongol empire the letters were different and it meant different words and symbolism while in modern mongolia you can see that we use Cyrillic- more akin to European traditions. Its because we had culture war ! The culture war during the soviet unions time in mongolia was great improvement from the old ways to the new ways. Such things as grooming, showering, learning and housing became essential. Not only that women were now back to being more independent and they could essentially become the bread winners.
As a mongolian I will say that one thing differs in Mongol empire and Modern mongolia. Which is sacrifice and blood, like on this video we fashion ourselves in blood but differently. During the 1200s and early 1800s blood was necessary to win over the Qing dynasty for both Chinese and Mongolian. While During the 1900s mongolians fought oppression from Stalins soviet with pen and paper. With that sacrifices and blood meant differently as well. In the ye olden times we let our children off their parents so that they could revive the country, it was necessary and very terrible. In modern time, creators and writers would plaster free ideas on paper and spread even If they knew that it would get them offed.
So here it is from swords and knives to words and pen!
@@userwsyz No it does not
in Mongolia they call themselves Mongolchuud and the Country Mongol
how are u soo underrated
all the mongeals had to do was use skill share to keep the empire together
So much better than any teacher I ever had! ❤️ your content!
Released an acoustic solo album said to "really make a statement with my own voice, finally". While it had critical acclaim, it too bombed.
It's a mystery to me why this informative and fun channel has so little subscribers and views.
I feel like you could have mentioned the Timurid and the Mughal empire, as they are in a way heirs to the Mongol Empire
the timurids maybe but the mughals have no relation at all to the mongalians
That is like mentioning the Delhi Sultanate when talking about the great Turkish empires. Or calling America as New England simply for being populated by them. Just because they have common ancestry doesn't necessarily make them important parts of history for a specific country.
@@ibrahimihsan2090 The thing is I would consider the Mughal (Mongol) Empire as a successor state, while not the Delhi Sultanate.
@@lukee-af5931 Alright, fine.
the mughals were descendant from the delhi sultanate though. The only thing those two have in common with the mongols were claiming they were chinggis's sucessor, which is pretty common for most warlords back then. It's like european states claiming they're the descendants of rome even though they're germans@@lukee-af5931
There are a lot of uncertain stuff that are told like they are certain 😪 its a shame
Worth noting that part of the fractured Mongol empire was controlled by Timur, who decided that we wanted to live up to his predecesor and created the Timurid empire. This eventually collapsed too, but a fragment of this established base in Kabul before conquering much of India and becoming the Mughal Empire
3:54 More like, under new management.
Why does the map @ 6:15 include Japan, India, Indonesia and Arabia but not Europe? You forgot to mention the Timurids, Oirats and Mughals.
It’s a limited map of Asia
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I dug the Bob Ross reference!
It was like feeling that you achieved what you want to achieve but you don't know what to do next .
Well, it turns out I am learning a lot from Mr. Peanut with is short infocapasules.
The Golden Horde conquered not southern russia but some principalities of Kievan Rus. The one and only king of the Galicia - Volhynia kingdom was the one who stopped their advance westwards
Kievan-Rus is southern Russia if you look at it together with Russia.
The objektion meme got me 10/10 video
3:55 That’s a hat that the Chinese only started wearing after being conquered by the Manchu in the 1600s. They wouldn’t have worn it right after the end of the Yuan Dynasty.
3:26 ...and the chilly con karne from the south
2:13 It was a nerge, a coordinated hunting by soldiers that made a huge circle and slowly tightened it to sweep all wildlife in the circle. Of course it would be very undesirable if an unit failed to hold the line in the circle and let the animals escape. It was a valuable food supplying method as well as an excellent military exercise. It not as stupid as it is presented in this video. Lying by omission is what it is
isn't that the truth of conquest?
once there is no one else to realistically conquer you turn on each other.
Peace is easy, when everyone is dead.
Playing Crusader Kings 3 and forgetting to think about succession.
4:22 that's just plain wrong. They had no idea the bodies would spread the disease.
Mongols: *behead their citizens over petty things*
Robespierre: *i like those guys already*
many parallels between Alexander and his diadochs who came after him and Genghis and the khans that followed. Except the former at least built some cities between all the battles and conquering
I love how every great empire starts to eat itself.