Genghis Khan - The Final Conquering Years - Extra History - Part 6

[@extrahistory]

Is peace bought with blood, and maintained with force, truly peace? Genghis Khan's life comes to an end, but what kind of legacy did he leave behind? Support us on Patreon if you want your Extra History ideas to be voted on! patreon.com/extracredits

[@adamgropper2072]

Extra Credits Joseph Stalin.

[@hdtv4691]

AdamGropper AG53 DO IIIIIIT

[@byzantinecenturion7747]

Extra Credits will we speak about the son of this so amazing man? Or you will do a new series?

[@fwp707norcal7]

Extra credit do pancho villa

[@gummybearchewy5444]

I see him as someone who falls into the grey area of history. As while his means of conquest where beyond brutal. If you surrendered you would be taken care of and not be treated as a second rate citizen. He did actually care about his Country not just himself and there is no denying the fact that he made the lives of his citizens better. He was also a good ruler to them as it did not matter what your role was in society if you supported him he would support you in return.

[@W_Waves0519]

The fact that Genghis Khan's legacy lasted until *1920* is astonishing -- Over the course of *800 years* he had a legacy that lasted longer than some empires

[@brandnewday7734]

That true

[@bastard-took-the-name-I-had]

Forget that, he and his successors created a language family through their intense assimilation Those kind of families are created over multiple thousands of years and his just popped into existance through assimilation

[@ruairiodonohoe2533]

@@bastard-took-the-name-I-had Forget that his own bloodline is so powerful he has 16 million descendants to this day

[@andiyeet]

Even longer than the Ottomans Im very suprised

[@factsbykidd4765]

@@ruairiodonohoe2533 what happened to all his descendants? Mongolia today consists of 200,000 people.

[@M12GProductions]

Oh, Christ! Marco Polo made the first "arrow to the knee" joke.

[@wunderb4r557]

Lol

[@lapislazerz861]

I used to be a conqueror like you then I took an arrow to the knee

[@assassain0425]

Beautiful

[@ExcelonTheFourthAvalonHeirs]

@@lapislazerz861 Literally...

[@nidolord3699]

STOP you violated the law pay me a fine or serve your sentence your gold is now forfeit

[@glitch3141]

Ghengis Kahn reminds me of the Justice Lords: “You killed millions to grab power!” “And with that power, I created a world where no boy would ever lose his family to some raiders with a grudge.”

[@dan_s4916]

._. Thanos

[@madweap]

The Infinity Gauntlet would fit him

[@mindyourbusiness4440]

yeah but Genghis was nothing like that. He was producing nothing but distruction and misery. he didn't even build a strong empire. The land they destroyed and looted was taken back a century later

[@gael.7593]

@@mindyourbusiness4440 Bruh.

[@trihermawan9553]

@@mindyourbusiness4440 not true, he's not absolutely "contribute nothing" he's achievement is mostly at Mongol society, he changed and made universal rule at the steppe, he made illiterate steppe lives to use Uyghur alphabet, his military organizations style and battle tactics are used in China and the Turks that move to Anatolia. He's a monster for non-mongol, but I'm certainly sure he's a saint in Mongol society

[@kawadashogo8258]

The reason Chinggis Khan's final fate is a bit of a mystery is because he didn't actually die when everyone thought he did. He just became a city guard in Whiterun and lived out the rest of his days in anonymity, grumbling to adventurers about the arrow wound in his knee.

[@sorenhansen3288]

Chinggis?

[@eggz4lifez334]

Chunggus khan????

[@nicholasdoss3312]

@@sorenhansen3288 that is how his name is actually pronounced. We pronounce it as Gangis in English

[@sorenhansen3288]

@@nicholasdoss3312 Oh, lol. I didn't know that, thanks!

[@LvrKiKo]

@@sorenhansen3288 if you really wanna be correct it's Чингис Хаан And no it's not Russian It's Mongolian language

[@SirMatthew]

Take a shot every time Genghis Kahn meets up with a family he knew from a while back

[@xmascarol3962]

SirMatthew I would but I’d die from alcohol poisoning

[@schippai3308]

Why would I want to get shot?

[@Cklert]

Take a shot for each living descendant of Ghengis Khan.

[@tofudelivery394]

I would become Ögedei

[@Ahmed-sl3mk]

@@schippai3308 it's means a sip

[@HarveyDentalfloss]

Why are these horses so adorable?!?

[@andrefilipe9042]

exacly my thoughts

[@catfishwithwhiskers]

It's because they have those cute round snouts.

[@jamaltchola9915]

ikr

[@stormydragon2668]

I kinda want a t-shirt with a frolicking EC horse on it.

[@refrashed]

I want a plushie of the strategic overview version.

[@Slenderguy56]

Until I started watching these videos, which I watched in one sitting, I always thought that Genghis Khan was nothing more than just a savage warlord. Now I see him has a very interesting figure in history who was actually a pretty swell guy (during those times atleast).

[@danbarrameda1632]

ikr, U on team kahn too?!

[@fistfightersclub]

Ikr

[@jaded8578]

same! i spent my lunch break watching every episode XD

[@animalia5554]

snoggl'n bozz You learned about him in school?

[@iowaclass5657]

animalia555 Hell yeah we did! Easily the best part of history class.

[@theresia1428]

Although it seems a bit hard to believe, here’s a fun fact: While I was travelling in the Deserts of the great Gobi, our guide told us something about the grave of Genghis Khan. As described in the video, his grave is in the middle of nowhere. It is marked by nothing, not even a stone, yet the Mongols still have a way of finding the exact spot. How do they do it? It is said (or so I have heard), that a female goat was slaughtered on the spot where Genghis Khan was buried. The goat has to be slaughtered in front of her children. The goat kids would remember the smell of their mother’s blood and find the place where she died. When someone wants to pay a visit to the grave of Genghis Khan, they take one of those goats with them. And this procedure has repeated itself ever since… (I mean, I remembered this particular story from that journey almost exactly eight years ago when I was still in elementary school. I only heard it so I can’t confirm it’s a hundred percent true. It seems quite…barbaric, but I consider it a fun fact nevertheless. By the way from where I come from we’ve always considered Genghis Khan who’s always conquering the west a hero. Tbh I didn’t know Europeans saw him as a villain ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@RingoA]

Interesting

[@billsima6983]

neat

[@alexanderzack3720]

seeing someone as hero/villain depends in some way on your perspective. distance and culture influence said view. another example would be napoleon: in france seen as a great person/hero and in middle europe as a menace with an ego bigger than the moon that had to be put down

[@a-ramenartist9734]

eh, people have done worse things to goats for less

[@ZiyadAl-Atherah]

I bet that’s because he didn’t destroy the place you come from

[@cakeisyummy232]

Ögedei is the most relatable human being.

[@earlytech564]

No.Chuck Norris is.

[@NYuu05]

Qumait Qumibro Is Chuck Norris even a human being

[@WretchedRedoran]

@@NYuu05 Chuck norris is more than man is more than The sun and the sky for he is the orbifelix for he is everything but nothing is him

[@NYuu05]

Redoran I... I have finally understand. Thank you,stranger from the internet. ASCENDED

[@WretchedRedoran]

@@NYuu05 Your welcome my brother

[@clusterfox6143]

"It is not enough for me to succeed. All others must fail." -Genghis Khan

[@mr.depthleviathan5425]

he really do be acting kinda sus doe

[@betylopeznava]

Did he really say that?

[@clusterfox6143]

Yes. I borrowed a library book about the Mongol empire when I was in college. Genghis Khan had some good quotes. I don't read anymore though. I just watch videos.

[@Wolf6119]

The Tangut King is over there in the corner with his dark arts and black magic like "Goood, goood. The historians suspect *nothing* ."

[@ZanathKariashi]

*whispers quietly to the darkness* Hail Satan. And then Satanism was nerfed 2 patches later.

[@Andrewza1]

You do know the Mongolians wiped the kingdom of the face of the map. I mean totally destroyed it.

[@arrinmixon5190]

What is this a reference towards?

[@hippo11222]

Star wars, Emperor Palpatine.

[@VelocitronVoyager]

Wow. And people say history is boring...

[@williamkarbala5718]

Stupid people maybe

[@yeeyeeeeee6351]

Love history

[@dandelion_fritters]

It’s all in how it’s presented. I REALLY wish people could make math this interesting.

[@yeeyeeeeee6351]

@@dandelion_fritters maybe this channel could

[@awormnamedscoobis3419]

GryphonSong select teachers can and will

[@fraan0602]

They actually left something, the double bow, which is a method of bow and arrow that drastically reduced the classic bow size allowing them to shoot from mount, which is one of the reasons they were so efficient.

[@bastard-took-the-name-I-had]

The steppe bows from mount and blade?

[@panmanpp]

One of the earliest examples of composite materials

[@a-ramenartist9734]

and they also changed silk road trade, and unified much of the eurasian world. To say they left nothing would be misinformation, their impact just isn't as immediately visible as other great empires who opted to build nationalist monuments on the cultures they destroyed.

[@superp2222]

Not only to mention revolutionary military tactics and formations. He basically mainstreamed cavalry

[@Yourantsally]

@@superp2222 uh, hate to break it, but the huns Persians and Normans all organized their armies around cavalry WAY before the Mongols

[@DragoniteSpam]

What wild a ride it has been.

[@enkiimuto1041]

What else would you expect from the guys that brought us the mongoltage

[@marremarre523]

badum tss

[@angrymonkey9925]

Pakura Momochi the vile DUDE.. CHILL WITH THE ELDER SCROLLS!!!

[@oscardawn3469]

@@angrymonkey9925 Halt you committed crimes against skyrim and her people what do you say in her defense!

[@angrymonkey9925]

@@oscardawn3469 AHHHHHHHH

[@Beriorn]

Genghis Khan: a warrior and general so great it took magic to kill him.

[@blugaledoh2669]

LOL

[@MrMoney-no8ry]

Or an arrow to the knee

[@jpeezy6273]

It took an un(dragon)born meme to kill him

[@fifthgenerationanti-shadow9423]

Hah! What is your picture anyway?

[@xkilla911]

i like to think he un-isekai'd back into the modern time LOL

[@ampillustrations]

"Is peace bought with blood, and maintained with force, truly peace?" wow, that is truly a great quote.

[@gonzalodiaz6206]

I think that I heard that phrase before in Star Trek DS9...

[@zayedbiniqbal2797]

yes

[@JonManProductions]

I once was a great Khan... until I took an arrow to the knee. IT HAD TO BE DONE.

[@DuckSwagington]

JonManProductions the Mongols were the only people to defeat Russian Bias

[@hammerkoopa2]

Boo

[@blizkriegbob9987]

damn ... you beat me to it xD

[@StarrshProductions]

super old meme apparently

[@Zach-mv3le]

It had to be done.

[@hamburglerger1868]

Genghis Khan- He protec He attac But most importantly... He still attac

[@iowaclass5657]

He protec his attac

[@tumors1670]

He is still attac

[@nepdep1945]

he protec his protec his attac

[@GalladeTheGamer]

He attac, he attac, but most importantly, he attac

[@theappc9043]

He protec He attac But most importantly... He take no clap bacc

[@birb6019]

The grim reaper asks Genghis Khan: *So, how did you get here?* "Oh, I think I took an arrow to the knee."

[@mattarchibald4912]

"I used to be an adventurer like you, but then I took an arrow in the knee"

[@danishalfarabiariefrinaldi5699]

From my opinion, he died because age complication

[@mr.depthleviathan5425]

@Stayn Initial d hey. Let's be REAL anticlimactic. I fell asleep and never woke up.

[@christophersudbrink4946]

Skyrim meme, that is.

[@ConcealedWeaponry]

*I bet if Genghis saw his part of your series now, he would shed joyful tears.*

[@christophersudbrink4946]

Agreed.

[@Guywhomakesthings]

I think that the last statement of the Mongols not giving anything to the world is wrong. I think he showed leaders to think about their people and not themselves and that is very big part of being a leader

[@pypy1986820]

I agree. Mongols, at the very least, revolutionized military doctrine in Asia. Without Mongol exploit, the professional self-sufficient mounted warrior archetype and military combat doctrines (can skirmish and storm equally well) would never flourish outside of Steppe and Northern China let alone be recognized as the premiere combat doctrine. For instance, without Mongol military legacy, soldier types like Samurais and Mamluks may have never got their recognition, and Chinese would still favor infantry over cavalry, which, ironically, probably would have helped them to adopt European gunpowder warfare easier and cope with the 19 century Colonial Imperialism much better--without the Century of Humiliation (Alas. Mounted bows and lances don't match up to lined musketry and cannons).

[@DasDieDerErik]

It's not a statement of the Mongols not giving anything to the world. He first emphasized on what change Genghis Khan made by ending the era of walled cities and revolutionizing warfare. It's just that the Mongol empire didn't need a scientific or cultural advantage over the nations and tribes they conquered, instead going for perfect execution on the battlefield. So, they left behind a further understanding of strategy and leading your people. Also a more open society with many revolutions. It's just not a materialistic success, nothing like a great script, new technology or such. It's an immaterial impact on the world.

[@IOLEVIOI]

He didn’t say they were worthless or whatever he even said he changed the world

[@zekedia2223]

He also killed millions, brought an end to many, many civilized nations, and used innocent peasants as human shields.

[@Mikasks]

ZZekedia 222 not innocent peasent but soldiers that they defeated in their march.

[@braniacc]

I find it funny that Ghengis Khan thought it was terrible that his eldest sons hated one another because they disagreed who was the better head of the family when he himself killed his half-brother for the same thing.

[@lekhaclam87]

I'd argue that it was a different time back when he was young. Also isn't it a good thing that the children is better than their parents, since it signifies that life is going up?

[@saruultsend-ayush5640]

Wouldn't a proper father want to prevent their children from comitting the same mistakes as himself when he was a child?

[@seraph3761]

He should have spent some more time with his kids for this very reason. Whoever is found to be the most curious and well mannered showing restraint should lead

[@staaannar1295]

He didn't wan't the same for his children,for a empire

[@jussit3909]

Alouitious Teapot, I get your point :) Yes, yes. Perhaps he grew wiser towards the end. Or maybe he just worried over his Empire. Or perhaps he even thought that it was okay to kill a brother because he didn't like that particular brother but he loved all his sons and thus didn't want them to fight one another. Who really knows? And how reliable are these stories of his childhood and youth anyway? All in all I think this particular series cries for a Lies episode. Genghis Khan is depicted almost as a hero (despite the short part where the attrocities are quickly covered) while his reign left perhaps more people dead than the crusades in the Middle East which were very bloody conquests and huge in the European scale at the time.

[@james_da_gr8338]

In history they always try to paint Khengis Khan as the bad guy but this really changed my point of view on him

[@anadaere6861]

He is a very brutal for our standards and quite a terrifying person But for all that, he is a great leader

[@juniperrodley9843]

It's a real moral dilemma. He killed so many, caused so much suffering in his campaigns, and yet, he eliminated the existence of such things outside of said campaigns.

[@miguelfrancescohogar7501]

Juniper Rockhopper true there , he was a genius in battle and a skilled leader however used those skills to bring terror but also unity. A truw contradiction

[@phoenixblueknight]

One of the great mysteries of life, a true anti-hero. A villain in one’s eyes and a hero in others.

[@mcpics4448]

deez nuts the greatest example of the human condition Let just say his method work for the environment that raise him

[@ellienixon3437]

0:13 Temujin gazes longingly at a continent he never knew about

[@thet0pant594]

It’s just American arrogance, they have to write themselves into history they weren’t a part of

[@The-kr9rb]

@@thet0pant594 better just cut the planet in half, eh?

[@aidanrogers6767]

@@thet0pant594 I don't think they were trying to force America into this story, they probably just happened to draw North America where he was looking

[@vojinstefanovic5089]

From his point of view he's looking at Japan or the pacific

[@chickendude1695]

@@vojinstefanovic5089 yeah lmao

[@LunyMilky]

you ended on a very valuable and true note

[@ilikepuns3090]

agreed ^^

[@somepolishmoment9118]

Luny & Milky every country is forged on it mine yours heck even Switzerland blood is in a way needed

[@azucchini649]

Luny & Milky peace through strength

[@Dano10101]

Ultimately, you cannot have law without violence. Always has been and always will be the case. You can be one of two people: The one who breaks the law and suffers a violent fate or.....the one who saw what happened to the last guy and are deterred from committing such acts.

[@thefingereater2115]

Every time I watch these EH videos about one individual, I always get super sad when they die. People like Genghis Khan, or Catherine the Great, had such a huge impact while they lived, and they still do, but any era of prosperity will have to eventually come to an end.

[@bastard-took-the-name-I-had]

Don't eat my fingers!

[@Kaneanite]

We are the Mongols. Lower your shields and surrender your ships. We will add your biological and technological distinctiveness to our own. Your culture will adapt to service us. Resistance is futile.

[@biggamer500]

Wow. That is them to a T. Except they lack a hive mind.

[@mikesholler27]

no....that's .....im flabbergasted bravo good sir bravo.

[@mykomatos5445]

Northern China before they started getting conquered "Ah yes, the great khanate... An empire unifying durably the barbaric nomads of the steppes. We have dismissed that claim."

[@ZeroRekoning]

I like to think Mongols and Genghis are two very different things. Even before watching this series, I knew Genghis Khan was very different and he did not condone to many dumb practices that Mongols did. So no, I dont think Mongols were great. I think The Great Genghis Khan was great. To be able to take over half the known world that time. He needed common sense and he did had it. Not only that, he even had integrity to his actions.

[@Kaneanite]

ZeroRekoning I agree that without Genghis Khan there would've never been a Mongol empire, but "We are the Genghis Khan......Resistance is futile." just doesn't make sense.

[@helliox2487]

9:31 "Is peace bought with blood and maintained with force, truly is 'peace'?" Ironically, yes. Genghis Khan lived in a desperate time, that called for desperate measures. In order to keep his Mongolian family roots, nation and empire alive, he had to do everything he could to unite all Mongolian tribes into one big and strong nation, and then let the other nations and empires to decide: either make peace with him and trade goods for the benefit of both sides and avoid conflicts (maybe even arrange alliance with them to defend each other so that both nations will benefit not only with materials from each other, but also in terms of protecting each other to make both their survivals possible for centuries), and those who react to Genghis Khan's peaceful offers with bloodshed and disrespect (like the Khwarazmian empire), were basically turning themselves enemies with the Mongols, rendering themselves as a potential threat to the Mongols, so.... Genghis Khan had no choice but to take over their empire and land because he already offered peace and tradings and they rejected him in the worst way possible. tl;dr - *YOU CAN'T ACHIEVE LONG-LASTING WORLDWIDE PEACE FOR CENTURIES IF THERE ARE NATIONS/EMPIRES (= POTENTIAL POWER) THAT REJECT PEACE WITH BLOODSHED.*

[@StefanVeenstra]

There's no peace in bloodshed.

[@jessewillason2064]

As long as there are two flags peace cannot exist and there will always be war(flags in this meaning literally any 2 opposing ideas whether they be countries religions or individuals)

[@helliox2487]

@Whatwillyou buildmany Well said, roblox boi.

[@vlaki007gaming]

He lived the most epic life in human history. Imagine beeing ganghis khan...

[@allandejesus6896]

You mean traveling to another lands and having sex with the women there?

[@dvtrze2264]

@@allandejesus6896 And killing everything that moves in your way

[@jameeztherandomguy5418]

I can't because I don't know who 'ganghis' Khan is.

[@anttibjorklund1869]

To paraphrase John Green: "Happy Birthday Genghis Khan's Descendants! Why? Because every day is your birthday!"

[@amaevingketchup]

*continues the open letter because I dont have the time to learn it*

[@robertwalpole360]

We're gonna need a lot of birthday cakes.

[@johnblunt6693]

Robert Walpole its Walpole

[@outgroup]

Yeah xD

[@kolsveinnskraevolding]

Thanks. Mine is August 13th though.

[@PlantagenetRose]

*I never knew he was such an incredible man.*

[@BR0984]

Rudolph Rudolph that can apply to any famous conqueror and your ancestors

[@BR0984]

G Nk sure, why not

[@hitrapperandartistdababy]

Rudolph Rudolph No one is disputing that. Genghis Khan was a very controversial figure. To some a mass murdering emperor threatening countless cultures. To others he was a unifier who pulled his people from miserable shorter lives who supported right of religion, spreading of learning and culture. What he is saying is that he is an incredible man wich is very much true. He had been at the very ends of the anarchy back then. A criminal sought for murder, an outcast then later Emperor of the biggest Empire this world has ever seen

[@madamada5293]

@@hitrapperandartistdababy I agree, but the British Empire was the largest. Genghis had the largest contiguous land empire.

[@hitrapperandartistdababy]

Mada True I keeo forgetting.

[@BooshieWooshie420]

Ngl this made me really emotional, like I just binged this and I was tearing up by the end. Like I don’t want to have sympathy for a person who caused a lot of misery, but his story is just so insanely interesting.

[@h.t.awesome3822]

like Austrian painter

[@369destroyer]

Genghis Kahn. In the past the only information I was given was a very biased one,calling him a barbarian and comparisons to the reputation of Atilla the Hun. I feel like his life story would make for a great TV show, it's full of twists and turns and there is nobody who is pure evil or pure good. Just a story about humans doing what they think is right for their people

[@adidoki]

well there is one for his grandson Kublai Khan,they do talk about Chingghis Khan a lot in that

[@goyonman9655]

He was a savage warlord See what he did to Muslim empires

[@goyonman9655]

@Mr.Anonymous Hey that's not fair

[@starfyre59]

he was still a blood thirsty conqueror and ruthless warmonger

[@bobwilson679]

@@goyonman9655 He did that in response to being provoked by the murdering of his innocent envoys and merchants

[@jacobbrown-gr3es]

A child Forged with pain becomes the great khan

[@jonquilgemstone]

I like how your series adds personal depth to the life stories of historical figures. People fail to see anything else except blood shed in war, and they multiply it so every society was full of irredeemable murderers, without having the perspective of knowing views on governance and justice were very different. Nor do they keep in mind the difference between individuals acting and leaders of empires trying to guide, protect, and advance thousands of their own.

[@EmperorTigerstar]

I guess you could say the Persian shah *IRAN* away! Ok that was bad even for me.

[@shiite1861]

Didn’t expect to see you here

[@amaevingketchup]

Play more HOI4 and I'll give this joke a chance

[@atic7910]

bruh

[@davea99]

EmperorTigerstar omg...

[@ramshackle1754]

Oman that's a bad pun

[@Black_Corey]

This guy was the most successful person in the history of people.

[@jpeezy6273]

Then he took an aroow in the knee

[@saruultsend-ayush5640]

SwervingGem oh my GOD

[@annoyingkraken]

That might be open to debate Friend. But he really is fitting for that title!

[@xkilla911]

@@annoyingkraken I'd like to be further inspired. Please do give a list of arguably more successful people

[@the_barna]

Funnily enough he also brought about an era of walled cities in eastern Europe. Every settlement in Hungary was destroyed by his grandson, Batu Khan, when the mongols raided Poland and Hungary. The so far semi-nomadic Hungarian people started building stone walled cities after the mongols left in 1242, so as to preserve their settlements in case of another invasion.

[@Poshnoodles]

Heh. If the new Khan was anything like his grandfather than those walls would've been a fruitless effort.

[@neil7987]

I think Genghis Khan was a man born of the cruelty and injustice he suffered as a kid. I agree with Extra Credits saying that it's hard to know whether the world he left behind was better than he found it, and I believe that while the peace (for lack of words) he brought lasted a long time, he did change some things for good, so to speak.

[@TheEasterBasket0432]

Mohammed: pretty chill so far. in continuing my great grandfathers plans. Lennin: iiiiiii think Nyet.

[@rohandalvi6476]

a tatar getting revenge 1980 colorised

[@neilisbored2177]

H E T

[@infamousdylanj5958]

It’s net

[@Avrelianvs]

*CYKA BLYAT*

[@aqeeladaiyanzeva2731]

@@infamousdylanj5958 it's pronounced as nyet

[@TheJackmeisterMongolHistory]

A nice conclusion, but your summary is a bit erroneous. Wall building and heavily armoured infantry did not end after the Mongol expansion: in fact generally across Eurasia they increased: in China as just one example, Chinggis' grandson Kublai had massive walls built around his capitals of Khanbalik (modern Beijing,) and the succeeding dynasties, the Ming and Qing, continued to build massive walls around their cities. The Ming even constructed the Great Wall of China as we know it today. In Europe, castle building hardly stopped, rather, it increased and became more complex over the following centuries, while of course armour became considerably heavier in Europe to boot as plate came to cover the body. Statements like these are unfortunate because there are so many examples available to disprove them. The problem I believe is that this series seems to have used Jack Weatherford's "Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World" as its major source. Weatherford is a good writer, has a significant appreciation for Mongolian history and culture but is not a historian, and a number of his claims seem to have not been based at all on evidence, but on his almost 'idealized' characterization of Chinggis Khan and his impact on world history. He seeks world changing shifts because of the Mongol conquests, which did happen, but not in the ways he describes. In just one example, he states that the Mongol invasion of Europe ended the age of European castle construction. Well, castle construction in stone increased dramatically in Hungary specifically because of the Mongol assault, in an effort to serve as a defence against feared returns of the Horde.* Timothy May's "The Mongol Conquests in World History," gives a much better detailed and accurate summary of the Mongol impact on history which does not devolve into sweeping generalizations, but relies instead on actual research. A bit of shame, as it leaves a tad of a sour note on a series I otherwise quite enjoyed. *later Mongol assaults in Eastern Europe were much less devastating and militarily effective than that of the 1240s, but this seems more to do with the vastly decreased strategic abilities of the Mongols, an inability to cooperate campaigns over long distance, compared to Subutai's masterfully executed victories.

[@GideonGleeful95]

Yeah, armoured knights were not surplanted by the Mongols. Gunpowder did that... about 300 years later.

[@KorKhan89]

Very true

[@JasonDoe1000]

And they later also defeated them the 2nd invasion of Hungary and the 3rd invasion of Poland was mostly stopped by the increased number of knights in the army, heavily armored knights and cavalry were problematic for the mongols, like in the Battle of Legnica in which eventhrough they won they only managed to kill 3 knights templars out of around 60 to 90

[@Hathur]

While technically true, it was really the advent of rifling (as opposed to just gunpoweder) that ended the use of armored cavalry or armored infantry. Muskets (the first gunpowder based personal weapons) were not actually better at piercing armor than crossbows or most longbows and they had a inferior firing rate compared to the crossbow or bow - the musket simply had superior range and was actually much cheaper to produce it and its ammo than a crossbow + bolts. Gunpowder however did bring along cannons.. and when employed in battlefields those obviously made armor meaningless. However, armor (namely just a steel breastplate) was still worn by some cavalry or infantry until rifling came to be.. once people figured out how to rifle the barrel of their weapons, virtually all armor became useless and it vanished as no breastplate could stand up to the first generation of rifles.

[@TheKripox]

Knights were defeated at several points by nomadic warrior styles, but they also won several times. It's also important to realize that a european knight was not the same everywhere or at all times. Over time armor technology improved dramatically, and by the end of the medieval period armor was so good knights stopped using shields as the armor they wore was all they needed. They became almost impervious to arrow fire and the primary means of defeating them became either killing them by hitting them over and over with hugely powerful blunt force weapons, or more or less wrestling them to the ground and then stabbing the weak spots because regular weapons and tactics just weren't effective anymore. At this point the classic horse archers became entirely unable to kill a formation of knights from range and their effectiveness therefore plummeted. There's good reasons not everybody everywhere used horse archers, they too have weaknesses and killing the later era knights was one such problem.

[@javierpowell4705]

I was a khan like you, then i took an Arrow to the Knee

[@theicedragon100]

perfect

[@GlizzyGobbler62]

Strike Dragon I've been waiting for this comment

[@philippc]

I love how Todd Howard was part of that illustration

[@_TheJudge_]

I literally just said that before finding this comment

[@randomcanadianguy9740]

I KNOW IT! I FREAKING KNOW IT

[@jonquilgemstone]

So THAT'S where the arrow to the knee joke comes from!

[@fatguy6153]

Jonquil Gemstone No, it comes from Skyim.

[@rishi5350]

nah its form skyrim

[@thaojoseph69]

Skyrim stole it from Genghis Khan. Any of his living decendents should sue bethasade

[@Kaymazo]

@@thaojoseph69 Well that would be alotta people considering how much children Genghis had made

[@soulperish634]

Everybody get r/whooooooosed

[@EinFelsbrocken]

"I used to be an emperor like you aswell, but then I took an arrow to the knee."

[@christophersudbrink4946]

Skyrim meme alert!

[@Theodore45921]

Of note. Chagatai didn't agree with Jochi's claim, because he questioned Jochi's parentage, if you will remember he was the son born of Borte after she was kidnapped by the Merkid so his father was either Merkid or Chinggis Khan. If he wasn't Chinggis' son, then it would be Chagatai who would be the next oldest. Jochi was actually given land that the Mongol empire had yet to conquer, but fret not they would it conquer it, but only after Chinggis Khan's death, and Jochi's.

[@gypsysprite4824]

Well that's the first time i'm seeing someone use the phonetical spelling of the Actual Pronunciation of Genghis.

[@CountDVB]

Given how Temujin said Jochi was his, that should have been that. Chagatai quesioning parentage like that is pretty dick move.

[@infinity-vm4ul]

I learned something today

[@comedyman4896]

dum dum

[@acebalistic1358]

Yay that means extra credits is doing their job!

[@aliawada3544]

@@acebalistic1358 and Genghis Khan too

[@Nyte-Owl]

He's inspirational in a weird way, Genghis. Definitely the GOAT of conquering.

[@ordinarytree4678]

"Is peace bought with blood and maintained with force truly peace?" Yes, and it is the only way peace can last for organisms that survive through competition.

[@mr.normalguy69]

Ordinary Tree A violent freedom is far better than a peaceful slavery.

[@TechnoLion1]

Ordinary Tree Is blood bought with force and maintained with peace truly blood? Makes you wonder about that aswell.

[@mexhidekrasniqi1140]

true

[@farkasmactavish]

Rudolph Rudolph Pretty sure he outlawed rape, at least in our modern sense. Rape back then meant taking wives from conquered peoples, not forcing them to have sex.

[@HnZ88.]

@Rudolph Rudolph It says in the video that he outlawed torture... Edit: "eradicated torture" 9:24

[@bugginswuggins855]

This story proves, no success in work can compensate for failure in the home.

[@kajeenkrish]

Man, you’re good. Enjoyed the screenplay and storyline. Best regards.

[@Ratrix]

All peace is bought by blood with no exceptions. Wonderful video series and incredible storytelling. Well done.

[@KasumiRINA]

What peace? Countries that Mongols invaded had constant wars for centuries. War literally didn't stop here since Mongol hordes destroyed Kyiv.

[@plankedskank]

7:24 "I used to be an adventurer like you, Until i took a arrow to the knee" (Skyrim)

[@usaisraelukaresourceofallp8650]

There are a few epic and beautiful peotry works done by Persian poets after the mongol attack. My fav one is this : It is said by Kamal-o-din Ismael a poet who survived the mongol massacre of Isfahan city. کس نیست که تا بر وطن خود گرید بر حال تباه مردم بد گرید دی بر سر مرده‌ای دو صد شیون بود امروز یکی نیست که بر صد گرید There isn't any human being left to cry for their homeland. To cry for massacre of peoples Yesterday i saw 200 people mourning over a dead body Today there isnt anyone left to cry for hundreds of dead people.

[@conorabbott8191]

Please continue this with his sons

[@get_rhythm]

Conor Abbott as long as they don't forget to mention Tolui like in this episode.

[@AmirhanAbishev]

Genghis Khan - Fall of Dynasty - Extra History - #128

[@Jian13]

I think that should be the last episode of this arc. The fall of the empire is just as important as its rise.

[@rumplstiltztinkerstein]

I want to see them talking about the fall of merv. The greatest massacre on the history of mankind, a city of half a million people chained and executed after they surrendered and opened their gates to a mongol general.

[@Ray-eg8ub]

his lot of sons gonna die

[@ademeve4708]

Imagine Genghis Khan and Alexander the Great butting heads.

[@crustaceanfrustration1610]

I think Alexander would probably come up top, both sides have really hard fighting soldiers, but the technology and the number of soldiers on the Roman side would most likely lead to a long but victorious battle

[@proaaron578]

@@crustaceanfrustration1610 um what? Alexander the Great was from Macedonia and died like 1500 years before Genghis Khan was born. In a fight, the Mongols would crush Alexander the Great's cavalry, who didn't even have saddles and just had a sword and spear. Their infantry would be defeated easily as well.

[@pongers5895]

@@proaaron578 he said imagine...

[@Green24152]

@Jack Adams ha

[@robowisanveithasung6022]

@@pongers5895 then hes imagining correctly

[@Priyo866]

General Summer is to India what General Winter is to Russia.

[@Felipemelazzi]

You mean General Humidity, right?

[@aneesh2115]

And general mountain

[@YTworld-69]

@@aneesh2115 followed by general monsoons and general winters

[@aneesh2115]

@@YTworld-69 no general winter doesn't work here And general monsoon has mixed allegiance It helped the Portuguese

[@godfall1879]

Lol this is so true

[@Keranan]

I was expecting one of the two eldest brothers to have a hunting “accident” Just like Genghis’s older brother.

[@throwmeaname]

Thanks Extra Credit. I love learning other cultures history. Keep up the great work!

[@TheGameMage_]

Built a great nation, Had that nation fall apart because of his descendents

[@marcomonton3224]

Do you mean cathrine the great?

[@dynamic0s465]

69th like

[@brandnewday7734]

@Alexander Alexander yes bro.

[@aero-cc6mt]

genghis khan to all of his descendants:" you have all failed me in difrent ways"

[@matthewmazzatto8003]

@@aero-cc6mt Batu and Kublai did pretty well for themselves in Russia and China.

[@KaiserAfini]

Marco Polo, you created the arrow to the knee meme ? Explain yourself.

[@christopherg2347]

"We had no working healing magic in the real world. So infections could effortlessly kill you."

[@cindycindy6175]

woah

[@druegnor]

~ can someone search whether Marco Polo have any influence on Mongols? Maybe he is part of Walpole's conspiracy

[@KaiserAfini]

Qamarul Hafiz Zainol Abidin We are ALL part of Walpole's conspiracy. You, me, the astronauts in the ISS, even the weird scientist trying to make an android duck army in a bunker under Lake Titicaca, Walpole planned all that. All is proceeding according to his design.

[@TheRensvind]

Taking "an arrow to the knee" is an old saying meaning "to get married"

[@SecT-0r-0]

For a very morbid murderer, he *seemed* like a nice, or at least decent, guy

[@vidblogger12]

He was, without question, one of the greatest leaders in history. And that's why he seemed like someone you'd like to follow; people love strong, skilled leaders.

[@EvilRaccoonDM]

@@vidblogger12 plus he was a revolutionary, improving the lives of everyone under him. But those that didnt were completely eviscerated.

[@Dracon350]

Yeah, kinda a tough call on ol' Genghis. On one hand he was renowned military leader who revolutionized and modernized many warfare tactics that would go on to be used for centuries afterwards. On the _other_ hand, he did end up killing millions of people in order to achieve a goal of having an empire that did not survive him for too long. It's a shame, really. It's interesting to think about what he would've done had he managed to conquer all that he wanted to. Where do you go to after you already own everything?

[@OK-kq7tu]

I agree. For his time he’s very forward thinking.

[@minhkhangtran6948]

@@Dracon350 Well, not technically, but his descendent's empire, and thus his legacy, survive for much much longer, and his impact still shape the world to this very day. I think he would be proud knowing this.

[@ShadyAnchovy]

Sorry Lydia, i will take the hold guard as my companion. Hopefully one of them used to be great khan of steppe people.

[@patrickmacready1779]

Nice profile pic

[@supernova1661]

I used to be a great conqueror like you, then I took an arrow to the knee.

[@dreever6295]

Rahmad Setyadi You must carry your own burdens instead of Lydia

[@RuRu0091]

Did anyone else crying watching this? 9:22 its such a sad and yet fullfilling story

[@Duke_of_Lorraine]

I used to be a Great Khan like you. Then I took an arrow in the knee

[@robertwalpole360]

I can already see this dead meme coming back to life like a great zombie.

[@knifepony]

>Duke of Lorraine >No Habsburg Chin What is this heresy?

[@chrisvellner3922]

The exception to the rule is... wait for it... The Mongols!

[@thegreatjay1245]

Crash course reference

[@christophersudbrink4946]

Nice reference! Crash Course is a great KZbin channel!

[@disvolvigxemulonarsames1388]

I think I've never watched something historical so enchantly in my life. Great job!

[@RangerRicky]

I couldn’t pay attention half of the time because the way you guys drew the horses so cute. Their adorable🐴

[@charleswinters9567]

Do the Thirty Year War next! :D

[@enchantedpuma6001]

186 likes

[@greasy1]

208 likes

[@aldistoteles2919]

230 likes

[@ImperatorIke573]

263 likes

[@poptartwarriors9369]

302

[@Khan-pg1nh]

Gangis Khan's story is amazing! OMG.

[@AlexisPerez-yy7dk]

Dam his last descendant ruled into 1920!

[@cyanblue9775]

Alexis Perez With how many descendants he had, I wouldn't be surprised if some other leaders in Asia were unknowingly related to him.

[@AlexisPerez-yy7dk]

Cyan Blue yeah I know just that his last ligitement decendant ruled until the 1920's, if there is an other ruler of Asia related to the great khan they can't be sure.

[@RexOedipus.]

Alexis Perez Was one of the first people shot on coloured film. Remember the guy with heels and had a colourful robe? That's him

[@LordTrilobite]

A large percentage of the world population is descended from him.

[@DeesDNP]

"I was a powerful ruler, until I took an arrow to the knee." -Ghenghis Khan totally not a changed quote from Skyrim

[@iganciomunoz5684]

Im so happy i found this channel ❤

[@Vi3tnameseGang]

Such an amazing story. Binged this whole series at work.

[@BeaMonz]

Genghis Khan is Walter White! He just couldn't stop doing what made him feel alive.

[@manuelaparcedo417]

I would argue that he feared that if his nation didn't have an enemy to fight they would revert back to fighting amongst themselves.

[@jordannnaji5350]

This whole series is really amazing, I think this is my new favourite KZbin channel.

[@akeeperofoddknowledge4956]

THIS is the history I was never taught! Thanks!

[@limmeh7881]

The Mongol Empire may just be my favourite empire now... Will you do a series on Ogedei/Kublai Khan?

[@specialeddy-cation429]

I love how you put Todd Howard at the “Arrow to the knee” part.

[@sirzechsgr6330]

Huh he was actually a pretty good guy. PeopIe made him sound Iike a monster but now that I see his story he is a respectable guy who was VERY good to his people. Heck he even aIIowed the other Mongols to join him , if it was anybody eIse they would rather compIetIy anihiIate that cIan to be sure of no future backlash. I respect him now.

[@mansoor6678]

He DID kill off tons of men that are above a certain height to ensure an entire clan will never revolt in the future. He is brutal as hell but he does sound like he makes sure there shouldn't be more death than what he thinks is necessary. Compared to hitler and stalin though, he is a swell guy.

[@DarthSironos]

He was a fucking monster, He murdered millions upon millions of civilians and raped many many women.

[@damnstupidoldidiot8776]

@@DarthSironos Not sure about the monster part. His kills are in the eight digits but most of the time he killed people to insure they will never revolt against him, there were some cases when he did kill surrendered civilians but that was occasional and usually involved revenge for death of their own.

[@boygenius538_8]

The dude killed and fucked literally entire cities. He ransacked Baghdad, and destroyed the house of wisdom, a huge loss for humanity

[@boygenius538_8]

codehawk 64 Those two are not a very high bar

[@GeneralLuigiTBC]

Gavelkind strikes again...

[@adityaputcha8406]

He should have reformed Tengriism and changed to primogeniture

[@amaevingketchup]

But changing succession laws are so difficult.

[@TerrorBlades]

Meh, just rade cash for heavy Cav units, Sack the world

[@thebigdrew12]

Aditya Putcha he lacked a couple of holy sites. Ogedi could have though.

[@martiensventer9191]

That's why you never marry. Just have infinite bastards, and legitimize the best one.

[@connorking8503]

Happy birthday to Genghis Khan's descendants. Statistically.

[@BDeerhead]

This series is such a stark contrast of everything I'd ever been told about Genghis Khan. I always thought he was just a roving butcher and rapist who brutally conquered most of Asia. And the depiction of him in "Night at the Museum" certainly doesn't line up with anything I've learned here. Because here he sounds more like a revolutionary hero, deeply conflicted by all the killing he had to do in order to change the world for the better. It's nice to finally see the other side of the coin.

[@Lionstar16]

Same here - Extra Credits have open our eyes to a more even-sided truth

[@Streamernews-j3b]

He was everything you said but that's the danger of a single story the problem with it that it's not a like but rather incomplete

[@mojotheaverage]

I think saying that he's a revolutionary hero is a bit of a stretch... or massively so. If anything, this series was incredibly overly favourable to Genghis Khan. Regardless of his background, his tactics were seen as cruel and barbaric even for the time, his empire did little to expand culture or science for anyone except the Mongols (most developments from the time were either from the Muslim world or translated and freely given by the Muslim world... this died with the destruction of the abassid caliphate by the mongols), he massively expanded the slave and sex slave trade and depopulated massive areas of land. It'd be like saying that Julius Caesar was a revolutionary hero but on top of that the culture he came from only stole developments from other cultures

[@TheFiresloth]

That's the wonder of narration. The whole "struggling with what he had to do" was supported by exactly nothing in history. Mostly because a lot of his masscres were useless.

[@FluffyTurbo]

Genghis Khan kick started the Modern Era the Pony Express banks that went from Baghdad to Beijing the spread of Woman's Rights the ending of slave trade the ending of bride kidnapping the merit system of governing the organization of international trade the forming of a national identity religious freedom and the growth of the arts and sciences in areas that where is despite need of them. That is the Mongol Legacy.

[@Bat0541]

This is the greatest Video Game series I've never played. Really though, great work, awesome series.

[@daimyo-awaji]

7:35 i was a khan once but i took an arrow to the knee.

[@AegixDrakan]

I see that bethesda employee off on the side there! XD It's really interesting to see how Ghenghis Khan civilized the hell out of his barbaric tribes, only to export that barbarism outwards.

[@7deEspadas]

Aegix Drakan at least it hadn't a Walpole with a bow

[@Qardo]

Walpole owns Bethesda!

[@zealousdemon]

That actually looks like Todd Howard.

[@Edax_Royeaux]

Is it really barbarism if a people from The Steppe, with barely any resources could defeat the mighty power of Civilization, over and over again?

[@NADster36]

I used to be the Great Khan ... then I took an arrow in the knee.

[@lucass.l.jacobsen2088]

I love how cute the horses are :)

[@ROGUE.119]

can this series get any better? brings back childhood history memories in a much more fun and knowledgeable manner! love it :)

[@wezza668]

I really appreciate the notes at the end, until now it seemed like he was a good person. Its very nice to have you be critical of Genghis Khan, since his legacy is two sided.

[@aniepluto5725]

So, his reign (him and his descendants) lasted all the way to the 1920s?!

[@urielantoniobarcelosavenda780]

Yes! Actually, a 0.5% of ALL earth population is decender of the great khan

[@hans3000]

And after that... SOYUZ NERUSHIMYYY

[@genghiskhan.2265]

I am…. Strong boi

[@tsiagian6610]

It's been 3 Years and I just realized that Gengkhis khan was actually the FIRST Mongol/Asian Communist.

[@tornadomash00]

OH MY GOD YOU'RE RIGHT HAHHAHAHHAHAHAH

[@gerardrbain1972]

He was more of a socialist than a communist; he didn't persecute religious groups like many communist regimens have done.

[@hotsaucejosh8982]

Definitely not a communist lol

[@sanhcman666]

For muricans, that must be a shocker. Beside, he was more a socialist, also a tabu concept for muricans. By the way, some of the good values of USA are very similar to socialist ideas, so the tabu usa have to left ideas is plain dumb.

[@shambhav9534]

Stop throwing the word "communist" around all over the place for no apparent reason.

[@ArtymationsKiba]

I saw this in my history class. Gotta say I loved it so I decided to find the channel. It's so amazing

[@elefantepolski7456]

So I decided to watch this series because I was reading a book called "Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World," by Jack Weatherford. I noticed some of this stuff sounded familiar. For instance, 7:58 is a near word for word copy of the last paragraph of page xvii in the introduction, down to the adjectives. Don't want to accuse anyone of anything since I don't know the details. Did he cite this book anywhere?

[@Fivepitts]

O

[@silas__3994]

He probably should have cited the book but as long as it's history instead of pure entertainment it's not as bad.

[@elefantepolski7456]

@@silas__3994 You're right. My main issue is that he's making money off of this video.

[@silas__3994]

@@elefantepolski7456 i agree 100%

[@xherii]

So what if he copied the content for sharing knowledge

[@zacharyedwards665]

Can we get series on his sons and grandsons? Ogedei, Kublai etc it's all great.

[@ethanbrinkman7110]

Do a continuation on his heir

[@El-Silver]

i vote for this ogedie reformed the empire. I only see videos of him of on the mongol invasion of europe ( battle of mohi) but that was in the year of his death . so people who have no idea of my ancestors history say wtf happend beteween 1229 to 1241.

[@CockatooDude]

Not to mention that Kublai's story is also quite interesting.

[@El-Silver]

CockatooDude yeah the founding of his dynasty also happy birthday my cousins how do I know it's you birthday every day is our birthday

[@El-Silver]

Bunker Boy Gaming are you also Genghis Khan decedent?

[@El-Silver]

undertakersarmpit i know that but here in America Khan decedent's are not to common

[@kiranus8286]

Another great series,great work👏

[@astraldirectrix]

Wait, this is the end of the Genghis Khan series? Aw man, I thought it was gonna be a long epic like Justinian :( But the tale of Genghis Khan is worth knowing…

[@joaopedroalves6777]

i feel like they rushed a little

[@Mike-ls3bs]

Justinian was an exception - he had 2 seasons instead of one. I think that the invasion of mongols into Europe by his sons may get a season in the future.

[@SeanHiruki]

Amane Mizuhashi interestingly enough it wasn’t Genghis himself that grew the Mongolian empire to its prime. It was his sons and grandsons, especially Kublai Khan, who grew it to its limit. Conquering all of China and almost breaking through Europe. Maybe kinda sorta giving Europe the Black Death in the process.

[@anttibjorklund1869]

EH series are generally only six weeks' long, sadly Even the original Justinian series was that long, it got a sequel only after enough popular demand and votes from Patreon subscribers.

[@JasonDoe1000]

SeanHiruki Breaking into Europe happened under Ögodei, under Kublai the Golden Horde performed some raids and some invasions but were often fended off

[@bhutitchaovilai6997]

I used to be a great warlord then i took an arrow in the knee.

[@deanspanos8210]

No shame in that.

[@luisalbertogomez2044]

Skyrim was ríght an arrow to knee, nothing to be ashamed guard of whiterun

[@timurtheterrible4062]

I used to be a khan like you, but then I took an arrow to the knee

[@gebronthomasson6960]

Excellent series..just stumbled upon you this morn..thanks